(Don't fear) the factors: An item‐level meta‐analysis of the fear of COVID‐19 Scale's factor structure and measurement invariance
William P. Jimenez,
Asiye Zeytonli,
Yasmine Nabulsi
et al.
Abstract:The global COVID‐19 pandemic saw marked research and clinical interest in evaluating pandemic‐related distress, namely fear and anxiety regarding infection and death. The most widely used and earliest developed measure of COVID‐19 distress is Ahorsu et al. (2022) seven‐item Fear of COVID‐19 Scale (FCV‐19S). To investigate the factor structure and measurement equivalence of the FCV‐19S, we conducted an item‐level meta‐analysis synthesizing 1155 effect sizes across k = 55 independent samples comprising N = 71,16… Show more
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