Development of a Japanese version of the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Scale

Fukukawa, Yasuyuki; Oda, Ryohei; Usami, Hiroko; Kawahito, Junko

doi:10.4992/jjpsy.85.13206

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“…The participants responded to each item on a 7-point scale ranging from 1 = “strongly disagree” to 7 = “strongly agree.” The total scores ranged from 7 to 49 (perceived infectability) and 8 to 56 (germ aversion), with higher scores indicating greater perceived vulnerability. This scale was previously reported to have acceptable internal consistency ( α = .87, .67, and .79; perceived infectability, germ aversion, and total score respectively; Fukukawa et al 2014 ).…”

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Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale Among Adolescents

Masuyama

Shinkawa

Kubo

2020

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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In the context of the global outbreak of COVID-19, there is an urgent need to explore the effects of this pandemic on the mental health of adolescents. The present study aims to adapt and validate a Japanese-version Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) with a sample of adolescent students from Japan. To this end, the Japanese-version FCV-19S, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A), and Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Scale (PVDS) were administered to a sample of Japanese adolescents in schools. The results of statistical analyses revealed that the Japanese-version FCV-19S has a bi-factor model consisting of the emotional response factor and the physiological response factor, with high reliability (emotional: α = .71; physiological: α = .82). Constructive validity was shown by the significant positive correlation between the GAD-7 and emotional (r = .11) and physiological response (r = .25), between PHQ-A and physiological response (r = .19), and between both factors and the PVDS subscale (rs > .16). Taken together, these results indicate that the Japanese-version FCV-19S has a high internal consistency and a moderately good construct validity.

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Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale Among Adolescents

Masuyama

Shinkawa

Kubo

2020

Int J Ment Health Addiction

132

137

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“…Measuring perception of vulnerability to infection: The study used the Japanese version of the perceived vulnerability to disease (PVD) scale developed by Fukukawa, Oda, Usami, and Kawahito [36]. The PVD scale [37], which has been demonstrated as positively correlated with FCV-19S [10], consists of 15 items comprising 7 items of susceptibility to infection and 8 items of germ aversion.…”

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The Japanese version of the Fear of COVID-19 scale: Reliability, validity, and relation to coping behavior

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COVID-19 is spreading worldwide, causing various social problems. The aim of the present study was to verify the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and to ascertain FCV-19S effects on assessment of Japanese people's coping behavior. After back-translation of the scale, 450 Japanese participants were recruited from a crowdsourcing platform. These participants responded to the Japanese FCV-19S, the Japanese versions of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) and the Japanese versions of the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease (PVD), which assesses coping behaviors such as stockpiling and health monitoring, reasons for coping behaviors, and socio-demographic variables. Results indicated the factor structure of the Japanese FCV-19S as including seven items and one factor that were equivalent to those of the original FCV-19S. The scale showed adequate internal reliability (α = .87; ω = .92) and concurrent validity, as indicated by significantly positive correlations with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; anxiety, r = .56; depression, r = .29) and Perceived Vulnerability to Disease (PVD; perceived infectability, r = .32; germ aversion, r = .29). Additionally, the FCV-19S not only directly increased all coping behaviors (β = .21 - .36); it also indirectly increased stockpiling through conformity reason (indirect effect, β = .04; total effect, β = .31). These results suggest that the Japanese FCV-19S psychometric scale has equal reliability and validity to those of the original FCV-19S. These findings will contribute further to the investigation of various difficulties arising from fear about COVID-19 in Japan.

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“…The PVD scale is composed of two subscales: “Perceived Infectability,” which is related to the beliefs of one’s own susceptibility to infecting diseases, and “Germ Aversion,” which is related to an awareness of discomfort in situations with a high likelihood of infection with a pathogen. This scale has already been localized in Japan ( Fukukawa et al, 2014 ). It has also been translated not only in Japan but other countries as well ( Ahmadzadeh et al, 2013 ; Klavina et al, 2011 ; Prokop et al, 2010 ; Skolnick & Dzokoto, 2013 ).…”

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“…We used the Japanese version of the PVD scale developed by Fukukawa et al (2014) . The scale consists of a total of 15 items.…”

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A dataset for the perceived vulnerability to disease scale in Japan before the spread of COVID-19

Yamada

Sasaki

2020

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The COVID-19 outbreak is a worldwide medical and epidemiological catastrophe, and the number of psychological studies concerning COVID-19 is growing daily. Such studies need baseline data from before the COVID-19 outbreak for comparison, but such datasets have not yet been accumulated and shared. Here, we provide a dataset on the perceived vulnerability to disease scale for 1382 Japanese participants obtained through an online survey conducted in 2018 that will be useful for comparison with current or post-COVID-19 perceived vulnerability to disease data.

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Development of a Japanese version of the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Scale

Cited by 36 publications

References 25 publications

Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale Among Adolescents

Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale Among Adolescents

The Japanese version of the Fear of COVID-19 scale: Reliability, validity, and relation to coping behavior

A dataset for the perceived vulnerability to disease scale in Japan before the spread of COVID-19

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