An Evaluation of Fear of COVID-19 Scale in Professional Filipino Teachers.

Michael Cahapay; Jeorge Louie D.  Anoba; Romina M.  Amador; Kenneth B. Garcia; Erwin E.  Rotas; Thalia R.  Carreon

doi:10.46661/ijeri.6181

Autores/as

Michael Cahapay Mindanao State University – General Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0588-0022
Jeorge Louie D. Anoba Department of Education, City Schools Division of Koronadal
Romina M. Amador Severo T. Inong Elementary School, Kiamba, Sarangani Province https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3452-7233
Kenneth B. Garcia Romana C. Acharon Central Elementary School, General Santos City https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6835-7642
Erwin E. Rotas Upper Tambler Central Elementary School, General Santos City https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1765-2684
Thalia R. Carreon Balite Elementary School, General Santos City

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46661/ijeri.6181

Palabras clave:

Miedo, profesores, desarrollo de escalas, covid-19, Filipinas

Resumen

La crisis mundial de la enfermedad del coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) ha inducido enormemente impactos psicológicos en los humanos como el miedo. Teniendo en cuenta esta preocupación particular, existe la necesidad de probar los instrumentos utilizados para medir dicho impacto psicológico. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala Miedo a COVID-19 (FCV-19) desarrollada originalmente por Ahorsu et al. (2020). Se seleccionó una muestra de 1.060 profesores profesionales de K a 12 de Mindanao, Filipinas, para participar en la encuesta en línea. El análisis preliminar mostró un alto nivel de miedo percibido a COVID-19 en los encuestados de este estudio. Los resultados de la serie de pruebas son alentadores ya que la Escala FCV-19 generó una validez de constructo robusta para modelos de estructura de uno y dos factores y una consistencia interna muy alta complementada por fuertes correlaciones entre ítems y correlaciones ítem-total. Los resultados respaldaron aún más la validez concurrente de la escala FCV-19 con características seleccionadas relacionadas con COVID-19 que predicen significativamente el miedo al COVID-19. En general, este artículo proporciona una evaluación del miedo al COVID-19 en una muestra de profesores profesionales y las propiedades de la Escala FCV-19 en un contexto particular. La escala FCV-19, una escala de siete ítems, es una medida válida y confiable que puede usarse para evaluar el miedo al COVID-19 de los maestros filipinos.

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