COVID-19 related distress in the Swedish population: Validation of the Swedish version of the COVID Stress Scales (CSS)

Carlander, Anders,1979Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine,Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMG),Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG) (author)

Background The COVID Stress Scales (CSS) assess health- and contamination-related distress in the face of a medical outbreak like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Though the CSS is translated into 21 languages, it has not been validated in a Swedish national sample. Aim Our general objective is to provide a translation, replication, and validation of the CSS and test its convergent- and discriminant validity in relation to anxiety, health anxiety, depression, and stress in the general Swedish population. We also present latent psychometric properties by modelling based on item response theory. Methods Participants consisted of 3044 Swedish adults (> 18 years) from a pre-stratified (gender, age, and education) sample from The Swedish Citizen Panel. Mental health status was assessed by validated instruments, including the CSS, PHQ-4, SHAI-14, and PSS-10. Results Results indicate that our Swedish translation of CSS has good psychometric properties and consists of 5 correlated factors. Discussion The CSS is useful either as a unidimensional or multidimensional construct using the CSS scales to measure key facets of pandemic-related stress. Conclusions The findings support the cross-cultural validity of the CSS and its potential utility in understanding many of the emotional challenges posed by the current and future pandemics.

Lekander, Mats,1959-Karolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institute, Sweden(Swepub:su)mleka (author)
Asmundson, Gordon J. G. (author)
Taylor, Steven (author)
Olofsson Bagge, Roger,1978Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för kirurgi,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Surgery(Swepub:gu)xoloro (author)
Lindqvist Bagge, Ann-SophieGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine,Psykologiska institutionen,Department of Psychology(Swepub:gu)xliang (author)
Göteborgs universitetWallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine (creator_code:org_t)

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