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Design and Validation of a Questionnaire on Risk Perception, Coping Behaviors and Preventive Knowledge against COVID-19 among Nursing Students González-López, José Rafael Serrano Gómez, Diego Velasco-González, Verónica Alconero-Camarero, Ana Rosa Cuesta-Lozano, Daniel García-García, Esther González-Sanz, Pilar Herrera-Peco, Iván Martínez-Miguel, Esther Morán-García, José María Recio Rodríguez, José I. Sarabia-Cobo, Carmen Nursing education Nursing students Risk assessment Coping behavior Knowledge COVID-19 Validation study Psychometric As shown in the previous literature, in view of the future responsibilities of nursing professionals and the consequences for healthcare, it is of great interest to examine their risk perceptions, coping behaviors, and sense of coherency during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to design and to validate a specific questionnaire that evaluates the factors relating to perceived risk, coping behaviors, and preventive knowledge against COVID-19 infection among nursing students from Spain. This is a psychometric study of a questionnaire’s design and its validation in 1562 nursing students at 16 undergraduate nursing institutions in Spain. An ad-hoc survey was designed by a panel of six experts drawing from the literature. After a trial test, the questionnaire was formed with four scales (perception, risk, coping, and knowledge of preventive practices for COVID-19), with a total of 69 items. The final questionnaire was composed of 52 items grouped into four scales, with good psychometric properties to measure risk perception (Cronbach’s alpha 0.735), factors related to perceived risk (Cronbach’s alpha 0.653), coping behaviors (Cronbach’s alpha 0.80), and knowledge of preventive practices against COVID-19 (Cronbach’s alpha 0.77). This questionnaire, specifically designed and validated for nursing students, is the first to address four important areas in the development of preventive measures against COVID-19. 2023-03-30T10:12:37Z 2023-03-30T10:12:37Z 2023-03-30T10:12:37Z 2022-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7626 10.3390/jpm12040515 2075-4426 eng Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2022, V. 12, n. 4, 515 https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12040515 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI