Videoconference anxiety: Conceptualization, scale development, and preliminary validation.
Bull Menninger Clin
; 86(3): 223-248, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2009733
ABSTRACT
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, activities involving a large part of life have started to be carried out via videoconferencing. Videoconferencing can be disadvantageous for individuals with social anxiety due to increased social presence, decreased mutual understanding, and awkward communication. The authors aimed to develop a scale to explore the difficulties experienced by individuals with social anxiety during videoconferencing. A total of 598 children and adolescents participated in the study. The data were collected with the Sociodemographic Information Form, the Videoconference Anxiety Scale, and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. According to exploratory factor analysis, the scale consisted of 25 items and a single factor. Factor loads were between 0.62 and 0.81; the single factor explained 52.95% of the variance. This study shows that the Videoconference Anxiety Scale is a valid and reliable instrument for Turkish children.
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Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Bull Menninger Clin
Year:
2022
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Article
Affiliation country:
Bumc.2022.86.3.223
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