Facing Fear and Embracing Safety: Validation of the COVID-19 Psychosocial Scales in Essential Frontline Workers During the Pandemic
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Israel Umbert1, Juan Jose Reyes-Luján1, Susana Llorens1
1WANT Prevención Psicosocial y Organizacionales Saludables, Universitat Jaume I (Spain).
Background:
The study has two main aims: (1) to analyze and validate the factor structure of the Fear of COVID-19, Workplace health and safety training, and Behavioral Safety Compliance scales (Study 1) in frontline Spanish COVID-19 workers from different sectors (food sector, hospitals, and death care services); and (2) to analyze and validate the factor structure of a reduced version of these scales (Study 2) in Spanish workers in the healthcare sector.
Method:
Analyses carried out using R 1.4.2. allowed us to validate the factor structure of the scales in the two studies. The sample consisted of 361 participants in study 1; and 708 participants in study 2.
Results:
The results indicate that the instruments offer adequate evidence of reliability and validity.
Conclusions:
The questionnaire (especially the short version) can be used by employees who were in frontline of COVID-19 in a reliable and valid way in the post-COVID-19 period, and even to prevent potential similar events that might threaten professionals' physical and mental health in the future.
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