The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
Pages: 1537-1545
Citations: 4362
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                                    Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu, 
                                
                                    Chung‐Ying Lin, 
                                
                                    Vida Imani
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation. 
                            International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
                            , 20
                            (3)
                            , 1537-1545.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8