COVID Stress Scales (CSS)

Rachor, Geoffrey S.; Paluszek, Michelle M.; Taylor, Steven; Asmundson, Gordon J. G.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89738-3_9-1

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“…Last, as an important strength point, the 6-factor model of CSS has cross-cultural applications to the Italian population, signifying that CSS has an impact beyond the original North American samples and extends to those residing in Italy as well. The reliability of the CSS across multiple cultures has been extensively documented, and our findings regarding reliability are consistent with those obtained in validation studies conducted in different countries [53].…”

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Anxiety Symptoms, COVID-19-Related Stress Reactions in the Italian General Population, and Validation of the Italian COVID Stress Scales (CSS-I)

Del Casale,

Modesti,

Lai

et al. 2023

JCM

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Background. The COVID Stress Scales (CSS) assess COVID-related stress experienced in the past week related to danger and contamination fears, socioeconomic consequences, xenophobia, compulsive checking, and reassurance seeking, and traumatic stress symptoms. Our objective was to provide a translation into Italian, replication, and psychometric validation of the CSS in the general population. Moreover, we aimed to test the convergent and discriminant validity of the Italian CSS (CSS-I) with respect to anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms in the general Italian population. Method. Adult participants (n = 935) over the age of 18 years were recruited from the general population in Italy. Psychological status was assessed using multiple validated measures, including the CSS, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21), and the Prejudice Against Immigrants Scale (PAIS). Results. Our confirmatory factor analysis supported a 6-factor model, including danger fears (DAN), socioeconomic consequences (SEC), xenophobia (XEN), compulsive checking and reassurance seeking (CHE), contamination fears (CON), and traumatic stress symptoms (TSS). Strong reliability of the CSS-I (Cronbach’s α = 0.863–0.936) and convergent validity with the DASS-21 and PAI were established with positive correlations between total and scale scores across measures. Conclusions. The CSS-I is a valid and reliable instrument to measure COVID-19-related distress in the Italian population.

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confidence: 89%