Publication date: Aug 26, 2024
In this study, our aim was to develop a valid and reliable scale to determine the social anxiety level of people regarding COVID-19. A total of 420 people participated in the research. Explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to test the validity and reliability of the scale. As a result of the explanatory factor analysis, it was determined that the scale consisted of 22 items and four sub-dimensions. These sub-dimensions were named “negative thinking”, “sociability”, “fear” and “vaccination”. In examination of the fit indices obtained from the confirmatory factor analysis results, it was seen that the four-factor scale structure was high and acceptable. Based on these results, we concluded that the COVID-19 social anxiety scale (CAS) was valid and reliable for examining the level of social anxiety of people during the pandemic periods.
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Covid | Anxiety |
| High | Covid-19 |
| Pandemic | Reliability |
| Research | Scale |
| Vaccination | Validity |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | Covid-19 |
| disease | VO | vaccination |