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. 2022;41(8):5612-5620.
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02552-3. Epub 2022 Jan 15.

Turkish validity and reliability of coronavirus anxiety scale

Nurten Arslan Işik  1 , Gülden Küçükakça Çelik  2 , Gülsün Ayran  1
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Turkish validity and reliability of coronavirus anxiety scale

Nurten Arslan Işik et al. Curr Psychol. 2022.

Abstract

The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) was developed to differentiate individuals who were functionally impaired by anxiety about COVID-19 from those anxious, but not disabled by their emotional reactions to the disease. The aim of the present study is to validate the Turkish version of the CAS. The study was carried out in two stages. In the first phase, the validity and reliability study of the scale was conducted with 95 people. The single-factor structure of the scale was confirmed with exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis results. Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient was found to be 0.86. In the second stage; the data were collected using the Turkish version of CASand Herth Hope scale. The scales were applied to 720 people. It was determined that there was a statistically significant relationship between total CAS scores and the Herth Hope Index. These findings revealed that the CAS was a valid and reliable measurement tool for evaluating the anxiety levels of individuals.

Keywords: Anxiety; Coronavirus (COVID-19); Mental health; Reliability; Validity.

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The model related to the first level confirmatory multifactorial analysis of coronavirus anxiety scale
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