The COVID-19 crisis represents a global health concern, including mental health. Regarding the necessity to assess anxiety related to COVID-19, a scale was developed (Ahorsu et al., 2020). The goal of the present study was to validate the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in French (official language in 29 countries), and investigate its relationship with indicators of affective disturbances. The sample comprised 316 participants (271 females) recruited online during the French lockdown. They were from several regions of France. The FCV-19S underwent a forward-backward translation procedure. Its psychometric properties were evaluated with the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The French FCV-19S demonstrated a stable unidimensional structure with robust psychometric properties (strong internal consistency, good convergent and divergent validity, and good test-retest validity). With its robust psychometric properties in assessing the unidimensional construct of the fear of COVID-19, this scale will help to provide a better understanding of the relationship between emotions and psychological or psychiatric disorders during the pandemics in French-speaking countries.

COVID-19 危机代表了全球健康问题，包括心理健康。关于评估与 COVID-19 相关的焦虑的必要性，制定了一个量表（Ahorsu 等人，2020）。本研究的目的是验证法语（29 个国家的官方语言）的 COVID-19 恐惧量表 (FCV-19S)，并调查其与情感障碍指标的关系。该样本由法国封锁期间在线招募的 316 名参与者（271 名女性）组成。他们来自法国的几个地区。 FCV-19S 经历了前后平移程序。其心理测量特性通过验证性因素分析（CFA）进行评估。法国 FCV-19S 表现出稳定的一维结构，具有强大的心理测量特性（强内部一致性、良好的收敛和发散效度以及良好的重测效度）。该量表在评估对 COVID-19 的恐惧的单维结构方面具有强大的心理测量特性，将有助于更好地了解法语国家大流行期间情绪与心理或精神疾病之间的关系。