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    Correction to: Validation of Fear of COVID-19 Scale in India: Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory Approach (International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, (2021), 10.1007/s11469-021-00521-2)
    ( 2021-01-01) Bellamkonda, Neha ; Pattusamy, Murugan
    The following correction to this article should be noted: In page 7, paragraph 4, line 6 onwards we have written the following statement (Limitations section): We have retained 9 items to measure fear of COVID. Past studies have recommended 7-item scale. Future studies are required to re-validate this scale to further expand the proposed dimensions (emotional anxiety and somatic) in this study. Readers are advised to consider the following line by replacing the above lines: The final limitation of the present study is fear of COVID-19 scale developed by Ahorsu et al., (2020) is a 7 item scale. We have re-validated the scale in the Indian context and have obtained a unidimensional structure. Future studies can explore the multidimensional nature of this construct by exploring the other possible dimensions.
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    Goal Clarity, Trust in Management and Intention to Stay: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement
    ( 2021-06-01) Bellamkonda, Neha ; Santhanam, Nivethitha ; Pattusamy, Murugan
    Drawing from the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory, the study explores the relationship between goal clarity, trust in management, work–family conflict and intention to stay among managers in the IT and Information Technology Enabled Service sectors. It also analyses the mediating role of employee engagement in the relationship between job resources (i.e., goal clarity and trust in management), job demands (i.e., work–family conflict) and intention to stay. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire from 200 managerial level employees in India. The model was tested using structural equation modelling techniques. Results indicate that employee engagement fully mediates the relationship between goal clarity, trust in management and intention to stay. This study makes significant theoretical contributions by exploring and establishing the relationship between goal clarity and intention to stay. It also contributes to relevant literature by demonstrating the mediating effects of employee engagement with goal clarity, trust in management and intention to stay of managerial level employees. In addition, this article describes the practical implications of work engagement and intention to stay.
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    Validation of Fear of COVID-19 Scale in India: Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory Approach
    ( 2021-01-01) Bellamkonda, Neha ; Pattusamy, Murugan
    COVID-19 has become one of the significant sources of stress, fear, and anxiety throughout the world. Though the global effect on the psychological health of university settings is still unclear, the effect is highly significant (Lima et al., 2020). Therefore, assessing students’ anxiety regarding this pandemic is the need of the hour. The Fear of COVID-19 scale developed by Ahorsu et al. (2020) is a unidimensional scale with seven items that assess the intensity of fear of COVID-19. Given the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases and fear of uncertainty among college students in India, we aim to analyze the psychometric properties and validate this scale in the Indian context. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among college students (n= 572). In confirmatory factor analysis, the loadings ranged between.54 and.78. To further validate this, we have performed item response theory analysis. The unidimensional IRT estimates shown in Table 5 reveals that item difficulties ranged between −.33 and 1.28. The item characteristics curve for the COVID-19 scale is given at the end of the results section.