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BESSA, Jonatas Reis; BEIRAO, Roberto; SANTOS, Vivian Siqueira dos  e  ABREU, Neander. Psychometric Properties of Risk Perception Scale about Covid-19 and Social Isolation (RPSCI). Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.3, ePTPPA15352.  Epub 10-Mar-2025. ISSN 1516-3687.  https://doi.org/10.5935/1980-6906/eptppa15352.en.

Risk perception is a concept related to the decision-making process and allows people to perceive the hazards surrounding the context and choose the best preventive methods to avoid them. The COVID-19 pandemic was a remarkable era in which people had to adopt protective methods, such as social isolation, to reduce the possibility of being contaminated by the virus. This study covers the development, psychometric properties, and norms of a scale to assess Risk Perception regarding COVID-19 and Social Isolation. The analysis suggested good expert agreement regarding the adequacy of the scale content and items and factor analysis suggested two factors, called the emotional and cognitive domains. The composite reliability suggested the internal consistency of the scale and its factors. All the results of this study suggest that this scale presents evidence of construct validity, constituting a reliable instrument. This new instrument may be used to evaluate risk perception related to COVID-19 and Social Isolation.

Palavras-chave : risk perception; social isolation; exploratory factor analysis; reliability; scale.

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