In concord with this, a I t i test in our population to compare the emotional response mean scores for female personnel (10.25 ± 3.0) and male personnel (9.73 ± 3.17) found statistically significant differences ( I t i (1527) = 3.30, I p i < 0.001). In our sample of teachers, the average FCV-19S was 20.44 ± 6.92, which implies that most teachers suffered from a medium to high level of fear of COVID-19. An independent samples I t i test was conducted to compare the emotional response mean scores for female personnel (10.25 ± 3.0) and male personnel (9.73 ± 3.17), finding statistically significant differences ( I t i (1527) = 3.30, I p i < 0.001). The study included a total of 1529 teachers and administrative personnel of a high school in the vicinity of the authors; the total population of personnel of the high school is 1800 persons, resulting in a response rate of 84.94%. [Extracted from the article]