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Background: The purpose of the current study was to develop an instrument that could measure the level of fear of affliction among people from pandemic or any other catastrophe.
Methods: The study was formulated in to two phases, where the first phase contributed in item pool generation through theoretical knowledge and using in-depth interview method. This included participants who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and were hospitalized for treatment. Subsequently subject matter experts assisted in forming contend validity. Once the items were generated and were reduced study was performed on a sample of 500 university students (M= 23.38, S.D=3.24). A Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis was performed for the constructing of factorial structure of the instrument.
Results: This study was successful in developing an instrument for measuring the fear of affliction during any catastrophic situation. This instrument exhibit decent alpha coefficient reliability r=0.84 on a 5-point likert scale. Additionally, the instrument yielded a single factor structured instrument.
Conclusions: The instrument can be a useful tool in measuring the severity of fear of affliction during any calamity-based situation. Moreover, the instrument was aimed to be used with any population and in any culture.
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