Background: Fear is one of the basic emotions generated during periods of infectious diseases. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and validate a scale that assesses monkeypox fear, the Monkeypox Fear Scale (MFS). Methods: A total of 451 Peruvians participated (61% women and 39% men), with a mean age of 28.31 years (SD = 9.72). based on procedures from classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT). Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) procedures were used. Results: The results showed that MFS has a two-factor structure related to emotional and physiological fear factors (χ2 = 41.87; df = 12; p
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Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Vilca, L. W., Carbajal-León, C., Gallegos, M., Reyes-Bossio, M., Noe-Grijalva, M., … Muñoz-del-Carpio-Toia, Á. (2022). The Monkeypox Fear Scale: development and initial validation in a Peruvian sample. BMC Psychology, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00997-0
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