Malay Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Validity and Reliability

• Main Authors: Nicholas Pang Tze Ping, Assis Kamu, Nurfarah Lydia Binti Hambali, Ho, Chong Mun, Mohd Amiruddin Kassim, Noor Hassline Mohamed, Friska Ayu, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim, Azizan Omar, Saffree Mohammad Jeffree
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25793/1/Malay%20Version%20of%20the%20Fear%20of%20COVID-19%20Scale.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25793/2/Malay%20Version%20of%20the%20Fear%20of%20COVID-19%20Scale1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25793/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00355-4

The newly developed Persian Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a seven-item unidimensional scale that assesses the severity of fear of COVID-19. A translation and validation of the FCV-19S in the Malay language was expedited due to the severe psychological sequelae of COVID-19 in Malaysia. Formal W...