Abstract
Perceived risk is an important determinant of the adoption of preventive behaviours. In this article, the psychometric properties of the COVID-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale (CORAS), including its development and validation in two samples in the United Kingdom, are described. The CORAS is a measure of perceived personal risk of contracting the disease, incorporating primarily intuitive with some analytic risk estimates. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on data from 470 participants in the United Kingdom who completed the CORAS, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviours Index. Results showed that a unidimensional, six-item model fits the data well, with satisfactory fit indices, internal consistency and high item loadings onto the factor. We found no statistically significant differences by age, gender or ethnicity. The CORAS correlated positively with the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviours Index, suggesting good concurrent validity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 790-804 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 28 Oct 2020 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This project was funded by Nottingham Trent University.
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Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This project was funded by Nottingham Trent University.
Keywords
- COVID-19
- COVID-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale
- COVID-19 prevention
- fear of COVID-19
- perceived risk
- scale validation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology