Table II.

Descriptive statistics and item-total correlation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

(N= 1146).

Corrected
Skewnes
Item item-total M(SD) Kurtosis
s
correlation

Item 1. I am most afraid of .64 3.13 (1.26) -0.18 -9.99

COVID-19.
Item 2. It makes me uncomfortable .65 2.76 (1.29) 0.16 -1.09
to think about COVID-19.
Item 3. I worry a lot about .54 1.35 (0.72) 2.40 6.04
COVID-19.
Item 4. I am afraid of losing my .63 2.16 (1.32) 0.87 -0.47
life because of COVID-19.
Item 5. When I am watching news .64 2.59 (1.31) 0.32 -1.03
and reading stories about COVID-
19 on social media, I become
nervous or anxious.
Item 6. I cannot sleep because I’m .62 1.44 (0.85) 2.09 4.11
worrying about getting COVID-
19.
Item 7. My heart races or .70 1.74 (1.12) 1.43 0.99
palpitates when I think about
getting COVID-19
Average score of items 2.17 (1.12)