Psychometric properties of COVID-19 dot-probe task in Iranian adults
Journal of Practice in Clinical Psychology
; 9(3):179-187, 2021.
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em Inglês
| APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-1924970
ABSTRACT
Objective:
After the COVID-19 outbreak, corona anxiety has become prevalent all over the world. To understand and treat this type of anxiety, researchers have examined its relationship with attentional bias, a phenomenon closely associated with other types of anxiety. The dot-probe task is a common instrument used for the evaluation of attentional bias. However, the psychometric properties of this instrument, when used for the assessment of attentional bias towards corona-related stimuli, are unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the COVID-19 dot-probe task to see whether its application in COVID-19 studies is justified.Methods:
A total of 362 Iranian adults completed the COVID-19 dot-probe task and Corona Anxiety Disease Scale (CADS), 146 of whom repeated this procedure after two weeks to provide test-retest data. Split-half reliability, the Cronbach alpha, intraclass correlation coefficient of test-retest scores, and associations between COVID-19 dot-probe task and CADS were calculated using SPSS v. 26.Results:
The study results indicated that the standard version of the COVID-19 dot-probe task lacks internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and criterion validity, whereas the response-based version of the instrument promotes all of these psychometric properties to an acceptable level.Conclusion:
COVID-19 dot-probe task is a psychometrically sound instrument for evaluating corona-related attentional bias and investigating its role in the mechanism of corona anxiety, only if the response-based method of computation is used for calculating the measures of attentional bias. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Dot-probe task, Attentional bias, COVID-19, Anxiety, Psychometrics; *Anxiety; *Test Reliability; *Test Validity; *Attentional Bias; *covid-19; Measurement; Health Psychology Testing [2226]; Health Psychology & Medicine [3360]; Human Male Female Adulthood (18 yrs & older) Young Adulthood (18-29 yrs) Thirties (30-39 yrs) Middle Age (40-64 yrs); Iran
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Journal of Practice in Clinical Psychology
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2021
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