Cross-cultural validation of the Worries about COVID-19 and its consequences Scale (W-COV) in adolescents and young people

The pandemic context presents remarkable psychological challenges for adolescents and young adults. The aim of the present work was to construct and study the psychometric properties of a scale in Spanish language (W-COV) to measure their worries related to the pandemic. Participants were 5559 people aged between 14 and 25  years old (M = 19.05; SD = 3.28). Self-report data were collected using a cross-sectional and cross-cultural design. Participants were from 5 Spanish-speaking countries. Instruments were W-COV to assess worries about COVID-19 and its consequences; DASS-21 for anxiety, depression and stres s; and SWLS for life satisfaction.

Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - July 13, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Estefan ía Mónaco, Konstanze Schoeps, Selene Valero-Moreno, Jesús Castro-Calvo, Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla, Constanza del Rosario, Fernanda Coello, Sebastián Herrera, Ángela Trujillo, Fernando Riveros Munevar, Nancy Alejandra Amador Esparza Source Type: research