Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS, Lee)
Psychology: Mental HealthReliability: alpha 0.933 sample items
About this scale
A 5-item screener for dysfunctional anxiety associated with the COVID-19 crisis. Useful in occupational-health and pandemic-impact research.
Sample item(s)
“I felt dizzy, lightheaded, or faint when I read or listened to news about the coronavirus”
“I had trouble falling or staying asleep because I was thinking about the coronavirus”
“I felt paralyzed or frozen when I thought about or was exposed to information about the coronavirus”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.93. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Highly used in 2020–2023 occupational-health research.
Source & citation
Lee, S. A. (2020): Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety. Death Studies, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 393–401.
Lee (2020): Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Death Studies, 44(7), 393–401.
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