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Chang, K.-C., Hou, W.-L., Pakpour, A.H., Lin, C.-Y. and Griffiths, M.D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524,
2022.
Psychometric testing of three COVID-19-related scales among people with mental illness.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 20 (1), pp. 324-336.
ISSN 1557-1874
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Abstract
Fear of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) may result in psychological health problems among different populations. Moreover, believing COVID-19 information and preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors are relevant constructs associated with fear of COVID-19. Therefore, the present study validated three instruments assessing fear, beliefs, and preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 among individuals with mental illness. Moreover, relationships between the three constructs were examined. Individuals with mental illness (N = 400; 178 females; mean age = 46.91 years) completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), Believing COVID-19 Information Scale (BCIS), Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). The FCV-19S, BCIS, and PCIBS demonstrated a single-factor structure with satisfactory fit indices. Moreover, believing COVID-19 information positively and significantly associated with fear of COVID-19, and fear of COVID-19 negatively and significantly associated with preventive behaviors and positively and significantly associated with psychological distress. The FCV-19S, BCIS, and PCIBS may assist healthcare providers in assessing COVID-19-related information among individuals with mental illness. Consequently, relevant programs may be designed to help individuals with mental illness going through the period of crisis.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | ||||||
| Creators: | Chang, K.-C., Hou, W.-L., Pakpour, A.H., Lin, C.-Y. and Griffiths, M.D. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | ||||||
| Date: | February 2022 | ||||||
| Volume: | 20 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1557-1874 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jill Tomkinson | ||||||
| Date Added: | 14 Jul 2020 13:38 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2022 10:31 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/40227 |
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