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  Scale name: COVID-19 Impact Scale Scale overview: The COVID-19 Impact Scale is a 10-item self-report rating scale of the potential impact of COVID-19 in 3 areas of functioning: Economic, Psychological, Social. Authors: Srinivasan & Sulur Nachimuthu Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement. Scale item examples for 3 Subscales Economic Factor, 4 items   I have lost job-related income due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Psychological Factor, 4 items Uncertainties surrounding Coronavirus (COVID-19) causes me enormous anxiety. Social Factor, 2 items After the Coronavirus pandemic, I actively avoid people I see sneezing and coughing.   Reliability: Cronbach’s alpha was 0.877 in the authors’ study. Validity: Experts were consulted for content validity. Relationships with other scales were included in the article. Availability: See the PsycTESTS reference below. Permission Test content may be reproduced and used for non-commercial researc

  Scale name: The Diet Self Efficacy Scale (DIET-SE) Scale overview: The Diet Self-Efficacy Scale (DIET-SE) is an 11-item self-report measure. Respondents rate their degree of confidence in managing eating situations. Authors: Stich et al. (see reference below) Response Type: A 5-point Likert Type rating of confidence 0 = Not at all 1 = A little confident 2 = Moderately confident 3 = Quite confident 4 = Very confident Sample items 1. You are having dinner with your family and your favorite meal has been prepared. You finish the first helping and someone says, "Why don't you have some more?" How confident are you that you would turn down a second helping? 5. You are invited to someone's house for dinner and your host is an excellent cook. You often overeat because the food tastes so good. How confident are you that you   would not overeat as a dinner guest? Subscales = 3 HCF = HIGH CALORIC FOOD TEMPTATIONS SIF = SOCIAL AND INTERNAL FACTORS NE