Highlights
- •Parental Attitude Scale-Protecting Children during COVID-19 (PAS-CV19S) developed in this study.
- •The PAS-CV19S can use to determine parents' attitudes and protecting behaviors related COVID-19 who have children aged 6–18 years.
- •The parents' fear of COVID-19 can negatively affect their attitude toward their children.
Abstract
Background
During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents and children have experienced stress and fear,
and the attitudes of parents toward COVID-19 need to be explored.
Purpose
This study aimed to develop the Parental Attitude Scale-Protecting Children during
COVID-19 (PAS-CV19S) and assess its psychometric properties. This study also aimed
to determine the relationship between parental attitudes about COVID-19 and fear of
COVID-19.
Design and methods
In this methodological and correlational study, parents of children ages 6 to 18 years
old were included (N = 402). The PAS-CV19S was developed for this study. The study collected data using
an online sociodemographic form, a fear of COVID-19 scale, and the PAS-CV19S. The
Cronbach alpha coefficient, confirmatory factor analysis, and explanatory factor analysis
were used to assess the validity and reliability of PAS-CV19S. Pearson correlation
analysis was used to examine the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 scale and
the PAS-CV19S.
Results
The PAS-CV19S is a valid and reliable scale consisting of three factors (general health,
mental health, and preventive behaviors) as subdimensions. The Cronbach alpha of the
PAS-CV19S overall was 0.90; the Cronbach alphas for the general health, mental health,
and preventive behaviors subdimensions were 0.78, 0.80, and 0.92, respectively. There
was a significant negative correlation between fear of COVID-19 and the mental health
subdimension.
Conclusion and practice implications
This study sheds light on parental attitudes about protecting their children from
COVID-19. The fear of COVID-19 of parents did not affect attitudes other than mental
health. Parental concerns and attitudes about COVID-19 need to be discussed to protect
children.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 07, 2021
Accepted:
September 5,
2021
Received in revised form:
August 27,
2021
Received:
October 9,
2020
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