Development and Validation of the Sensitivity to Infection Threats Scale (SITS)

Autor/inn/en	Turan, Numan; Tekin, Isil
Titel	Development and Validation of the Sensitivity to Infection Threats Scale (SITS)
Quelle	In: International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 10 (2023) 1, S.22-33 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Turan, Numan) ORCID (Tekin, Isil)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Communicable Diseases; Responses; Disease Control; Health Behavior; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Fear; Anxiety; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Factor Analysis; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Turkey; Brief Symptom Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Furcht; Angst; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Faktorenanalyse; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	The present research emphasizes the role of learning in response changes to infection threats and suggests a new instrument. This preliminary study aims to develop a brief tool (SITS: Sensitivity to Infection Threats Scale) that measures individuals' health sensitivity to infection threats. The present research utilized the Brief Symptom Inventory-phobic anxiety and hostility subscales and the newly developed SITS. The reliability and validity of SITS were examined through construct, divergent, and convergent validity as well as internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The underlying dimensions were explored through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA N = 142; Mage = 20.29, SDage = 2.34), and the EFA dimensions were confirmed through a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA N = 236; Mage = 20.36, SDage = 2.24). The EFA and CFA results supported a correlated four-factor model and the 20-item structure of the SITS. These four factors included Preoccupied, Avoidant, Physiological, and Cautionary Sensitivities. The overall scale and subscales had good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent and divergent validity. The SITS is a reliable scale and has the potential to deepen our understanding of human behaviour in responding to infection threats. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies. Sakarya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey. e-mail: ijpesjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://ijpes.com/index.php/ijpes/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01