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Development and validation of a quantitative instrument for measuring temporal and social disorientation in the Covid-19 crisis

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  • Pablo Fernandez Velasco
  • Umer Gurchani
  • Bastien Perroy
  • Tom Pelletreau-Duris
  • Roberto Casati

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We developed a quantitative Instrument for measuring Temporal and Social Disorientation (ITSD), aimed at major crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Disorientation has been identified as one of the central elements of the psychological impact of the Covid-19 era on the general public, but so far, the question has only been approached qualitatively. This paper offers an empirical, quantitative approach to the multi-faceted disorientation of the Covid-19 pandemic by operationalising the issue with the help of the ITSD. The ITSD was developed through multiple stages involving a preliminary open-ended questionnaire followed by a coder-based thematic analysis. This paper establishes the reliability and validity of the resulting ITSD using a 3-step validation process on a sample size of 3306.

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  • Pablo Fernandez Velasco & Umer Gurchani & Bastien Perroy & Tom Pelletreau-Duris & Roberto Casati, 2022. "Development and validation of a quantitative instrument for measuring temporal and social disorientation in the Covid-19 crisis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(11), pages 1-15, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0264604
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264604
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