Questionnaire on Perception of Threat from COVID-19
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Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen; Molero Jurado, María del Mar; Oropesa Ruiz, Nieves Fátima; Martos Martínez, África; Simón Márquez, María del Mar; [et al.]Date
2020-04-22Abstract
The ravages caused by the disease known as COVID-19 has led to a worldwide healthcare and social emergency requiring an effective combined effort from everyone to reduce contagion. Under these circumstances, the perception of the disease is going to have a relevant role in the individual’s psychological adjustment. However, at the present time there is no validated instrument for evaluating adult perception of threat from COVID-19. Considering the importance of perception or representation of the disease in a state of social alert, our study intended to validate an instrument measuring the psychological process of the disease caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). In view of the above, this study evaluated the factor structure and reliability of the version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) for COVID-19 in a sample of adults. The sample consisted of 1014 Spanish adults (67.2% women and 32.8% men). The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a unidimensional mo...
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adults
COVID-19
perceived threat of disease
psychometric properties