%0 Journal Article
%A Cuadrado, Esther
%A Maldonado, Miguel A.
%A Tabernero, Carmen
%A Arenas, Alicia
%A Castillo-Mayén, Rosario
%A Luque, Bárbara
%T Construction and Validation of a Brief Pandemic Fatigue Scale in the Context of the Coronavirus-19 Public Health Crisis
%D 2021
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4023
%X Objectives: The chronic restrictions to mitigate the new SARS-CoV-2 virus may result in pandemic fatigue. This study set out to develop a short, reliable, valid, and gender-invariant instrument-the Pandemic Fatigue Scale (PFS). Methods: In the first phase, 300 students responded to a pilot questionnaire that allowed the reduction and refinement of the items. In the second phase, the validity, reliability, and invariance of the scale were explored among a sample of 596 participants. Results: Factor exploratory and confirmatory analyses confirmed a robust adjustment for the bifactorial structure that explained 79,36% of the variance. The two factors identified were 1) people's demotivation in continuing to follow the recommended protective behaviors (neglect) and 2) people's boredom regarding the pandemic-related information (boredom). The pattern of relations between the Pandemic Fatigue Scale and other variables-find through correlation, mediation, and path analyses-and the gender differences-find in the ANOVA analyses-provided strong evidence of the construct validity. Moreover, the PFS was shown to be invariant regarding gender in a multigroup factor confirmatory analysis. Conclusion: The instrument can be of utility for professionals and researchers to assess pandemic fatigue, a variable that can affect the adoption of protective measure to avoid catching and spreading the virus.
%K COVID-19
%K Pandemic fatigue
%K Scale development
%K Scale validation
%K Protective behavior
%K Pandemias
%K Fatiga mental
%K Salud pública
%K Encuestas y cuestionarios
%K Students
%K Estudiantes
%K Salud mental
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