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The literature has identified that a sense of coherence plays a protective role in the relationship between adverse events and mental health. The current study examines the role of a sense of coherence (SOC) in the relationship between fear of COVID-19, perceived stress, and dimensions of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
1. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has had an unparalleled impact on global health systems, economies, and daily life.
The inter-item correlations, factor loadings, and item-total correlations for the VAX are reported in Table 1. The inter-item correlations were all significant and ranged between 0.22 and 0.89. The highest inter-item correlations were between Item 3 and Items 1 and 2 (0.89 and 0.90, respectively). For the total scale, the item-total correlations ranged between 0.46 and 0.74, while the factor loadings ranged between 0.53 and 0.80.
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