Measuring COVID-19 Related Anxiety in Parents: Psychometric Comparison of Four Different Inventories

JMIR Mental Health
Christian Kubb, Heather M Foran

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and measures to contain the global pandemic can have an impact on individual's well-being and mental health status. Parents of young children are particularly at risk for high levels of parental stress due to the current public health crisis, which can impact parenting behaviors and children's well-being. Although different initial scales have been developed to measure COVID-19 related anxiety, they have not yet been tested sufficiently in parent samples. A brief measure of COVID-19-related anxiety is necessary for both quick assessment in practice and in larger epidemiological studies of parents. To compare the distributions, validities and reliabilities of four different COVID-19 anxiety scales: Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV19-S), Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), Pandemic Anxiety Scale (PAS) and one subscale of the COVID-19 Stress Scale (CSS). Based on the psychometric properties, the purpose of this study is to provide recommendations for a brief unidimensional inventory to assess Covid-19 related anxiety among parents. A cross-sectional online survey on 515 German-speaking parents (90.3% mothers) with a child aged 0 to 6 years was conducted during a six-week period (June 29 to...Continue Reading

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