The seven‐item FCV‐19S was developed to quickly assess individuals' fear towards COVID‐19 (Ahorsu, Lin, Imani, et al., 2020 ; Ahorsu, Lin, & Pakpour, 2020 ). Responding to items on a five‐point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree), the FCV‐19S has been found to be psychometrically sound in assessing fear of COVID‐19 in different populations, including different ethnic groups (Alyami et al., 2020 ; Pakpour, Griffiths, Chang, et al., 2020 ; Pang et al., 2020 ; Sakib et al., 2020 ; Satici et al., 2020 ; Soraci et al., 2020 ; Tsipropoulou et al., 2020 ) and various vulnerable groups (Pakpour, Griffiths, Chang, et al., 2020 ). An example item in the FCV‐19S is “I cannot sleep because I'm worrying about getting coronavirus‐19”. A higher level of fear toward COVID‐19 is indicated by the higher FCV‐19S score. Moreover, different language versions of the FCV‐19S used in the present study have been validated (Alyami et al., 2020 ; Chang, Hou, et al., 2020 ; Pakpour, Griffiths, Chang, et al., 2020 ; Sakib et al., 2020 ; Satici et al., 2020 ; Soraci et al., 2020 ; Tsipropoulou et al., 2020 ).
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