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Cabin Fever Scale: CFS

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 Cabin Fever Scale: CFS
Chin Wen Cong (2020)

Instruction: Please read each statement and choose a number (0, 1, 2 or 3) to indicate how much the
statement applied to you in these few days. There are no right or wrong answers. Do not spend too
much time on any statement.

The rating scale is as follows:

0: Did not apply to me at all
1: Applied to me to some degree, or some of the time
2: Applied to me to a considerable degree or a good part of time
3: Applied to me very much or most of the time

1. I felt anxious 0 1 2 3

2. I experienced a lack of energy and enthusiasm 0 1 2 3

3. I felt sad or depressed 0 1 2 3

4. I had trouble concentrating 0 1 2 3

5. I found myself lacking patience 0 1 2 3

6. I found myself craving for food 0 1 2 3

7. I had decreased motivation 0 1 2 3

8. I felt lonely 0 1 2 3

9. I had difficulty waking up 0 1 2 3

10. I felt hopeless 0 1 2 3

11. I experienced changes in my weight 0 1 2 3

12. I felt bored 0 1 2 3

13. I felt dissatisfied 0 1 2 3

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 Cabin Fever Scale: CFS
Chin Wen Cong (2020)

Description of Measure

Purpose
The purpose of this measure is to assess the symptoms of cabin fever. Cabin Fever is defined as a
relatively common reaction to being confined in a building for a period of time.

Conceptual Organization
The scale assesses a range of symptoms that arises in response to being confined in a building for a
period of time. The development of the Cabin Fever Scale (CFS) was based on the assumption that
there are significant differences in the symptoms of cabin fever between individuals who considered
themselves as having cabin fever and those who did not. This assumption was well supported by the
data collected during a movement restriction period where all the participants were staying at home
for a period of time in Malaysia.

Material
PDF form is available from the author.

Psychometric Support
Reliability: Cronbach alpha of .927
Validity: The author did a validity check

Score Interpretation
Higher scores indicate more severe symptoms of cabin fever.

Reference
Chin, W. C. (2020). Cabin Fever Scale (CFS) [Manuscript in preparation]. School of American Degree
Program, SEGi College Penang, Malaysia.

Contact
Email: chinwencong@outlook.com

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 Descriptive Statistics

Table 1: Mean score of CFS for participants reported having cabin fever and those who did not
Cabin Fever N M SD
Having 58 19.2 9.7
Not having 66 8.9 6.9

Table 2: Intercorrelation of the 13-item CFS

Item 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

1 1.00

2 .56*** 1.00

3 .67*** .63*** 1.00

4 .38*** .54*** .60*** 1.00

5 .62*** .63*** .65*** .56*** 1.00

6 .30** .37*** .37*** .38*** .33*** 1.00

7 .45*** .65*** .59*** .64*** .52*** .43*** 1.00

8 .49*** .59*** .60*** .52*** .51*** .36*** .61*** 1.00

9 .32*** .46*** .43*** .47*** .37*** .41*** .58*** .39*** 1.00

10 .52*** .56*** .71*** .60*** .64*** .24** .58*** .55*** .39*** 1.00

11 .31** .24** .45*** .29** .37*** .48*** .40*** .23** .35*** .47*** 1.00

12 .39*** .63*** .50*** .46*** .54*** .49*** .68*** .59*** .43*** .50*** .36*** 1.00

13 .63*** .66*** .66*** .48*** .63*** .39*** .69*** .54*** .43*** .60*** .42*** .69*** 1.00

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