000112004 001__ 112004 000112004 005__ 20240319080949.0 000112004 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3389/fpsyg.2021.804531 000112004 0248_ $$2sideral$$a127924 000112004 037__ $$aART-2022-127924 000112004 041__ $$aeng 000112004 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2683-7346$$aAguilar-Latorre, Alejandra 000112004 245__ $$aKnowledge, Attitudes, Risk Perceptions, and Practices of Spanish Adolescents Toward the COVID-19 Pandemic: Validation and Results of the Spanish Version of the Questionnaire 000112004 260__ $$c2022 000112004 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000112004 5203_ $$aBackground: Adolescence is a period with physical, psychological, biological, intellectual, and social changes in which there is usually little perception of risk. COVID-19 has generated constant situations of change and uncertainty worldwide. During the pandemic, the acquisition of preventive behaviors has been relevant. Various studies carried out with adults associate risk perception and the implementation of preventive behaviors with knowledge about the COVID-19 and with age, but there are not many studies with adolescents. Therefore, the objective is to validate, in Spanish, the questionnaire of the knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions, and practices of adolescents toward the pandemic, and analyze it according to sociodemographic characteristics.Method: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study, which included adolescents between the ages of 12-18 (n = 354). First, a translation and a back-translation of the questionnaire were performed. The questionnaire was presented in several high schools chosen by convenience sampling and following a non-probabilistic snowball sampling. Reliability and validity analyses were then carried out and the relationships between the different sociodemographic variables (gender, place of residence, level of education, if the person was in a sentimental relationship, and financial aid) were analyzed.Results: The reliability of the questionnaire is acceptable (ordinal alpha = 77%). Knowledge was higher in women, and in those with a higher level of education; and were lower in those who lived in smaller towns, as well as in those who had a member of their family receiving financial aid. In terms of attitudes and risk perceptions, younger adolescents had higher scores, and those who had a member of their family receiving financial aid, lower.Conclusion: The questionnaire is a reliable tool in the Spanish adolescent population. Knowledge was influenced by gender, place of residence, level of education, and financial aid. Attitudes and risk perceptions were influenced by age and financial aid. For practices, no predictors were found. In general, adolescents scored lower on knowledge about COVID-19, but they scored higher on COVID-19 safety practices. 000112004 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/B21-17R-GAIAP 000112004 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000112004 590__ $$a3.8$$b2022 000112004 592__ $$a0.891$$b2022 000112004 591__ $$aPSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY$$b34 / 147 = 0.231$$c2022$$dQ1$$eT1 000112004 593__ $$aPsychology (miscellaneous)$$c2022$$dQ2 000112004 594__ $$a4.5$$b2022 000112004 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000112004 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4252-115X$$aAsensio-Martinez, Angela$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000112004 700__ $$aGarcia-Sanz, Olga 000112004 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6565-9699$$aOlivan-Blazquez, Barbara$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000112004 7102_ $$14009$$2740$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Psicología Social 000112004 773__ $$g12 (2022), 804531 [9 pp]$$pFront. psychol.$$tFrontiers in Psychology$$x1664-1078 000112004 8564_ $$s275214$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/112004/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000112004 8564_ $$s2193887$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/112004/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000112004 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:112004$$particulos$$pdriver 000112004 951__ $$a2024-03-18-12:52:47 000112004 980__ $$aARTICLE