The scale can help allay the fears of the public on COVID-19 and subsequently help in reducing the stigma, anxiety, and stress attached to it. The scale can also help assess the psychological situation of the people and the measured properties may suggest that suggests that individuals with severe fear of COVID-19 may have certain comorbid disorders.

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- Summarization of Results
- How the Scales can Help
- Limitations

Discussion for Study of the "Fear of COVID-19 Scale"

Ahorsu, D.K., Lin, C., Imani, V. et al. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8

The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation

The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FC-19S) has a stable unidimensional structure with robust psychometric properties. Higher overall scores on the FCV-19S indicate more severe fear of COVID-19, as the correlation with PVDS and HADS suggests, and gender and age does not seem to affect the response pattern of the fear on the FCV-19S. Therefore, FCV-19S can be relied upon to assess and deal with the psychological issues emanating from COVID-19 among males and females as well as individuals of all ages.

Summarization of Results

How it may be helpful

- all these participants were from the general Iranian population and no formal diagnoses on mood disorders were obtained
- Self-report means that there is the possibility that respondents may have provided responses affected by social desirability factors
- convenience sampling weakens the generalizability
- needs further verification

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