Validation of the Persian Version of the Covid-19 Phobia Scale in Improved Women

The aim of this study was Validation of the Persian version of the "Phobia of Covid-19" scale in improved women. The statistical population included women studying at the Islamic Azad University, electronic unit in the second semester of the academic year 2020-21 and the statistical sample was 400 people. The instrument used was the Phobia of Covid-19 Scale Arpaci et al. (2020). The results showed that the Persian version of the Phobia of Covid-19 scale in women recovering from the disease, by combining two economic and social factors, covered three factors called psychological, psychological and socio-economic about Covid-19 disease, which are fitness indicators NFI, IFI, CFI, RFI, TLI (above 0.9) and RMSEA (range 0.08) were obtained in this 3-factor model. Therefore, the factor structure of the Persian version of the Covid-19 Fear Scale is reported to be optimal among improved women. Considering the confirmation of the structure of this tool in non-affected people in previous studies and the confirmation of the factor structure in the present study among improved women, this tool can be used as a valid tool to measure Covid-19 fear among people 18 years and older.