Title
Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in seven Latin American countries
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Valencia P.D.
Cervigni M.
Gallegos M.
Martino P.
Barés I.
Calandra M.
Rey Anacona C.A.
López-Calle C.
Moreta-Herrera R.
Chacón-Andrade E.R.
Lobos-Rivera M.E.
del Carpio P.
Quintero Y.
Robles E.
Panza Lombardo M.
Gamarra Recalde O.
Buschiazzo Figares A.
Burgos Videla C.
Publisher(s)
Routledge
Abstract
The objective was to evaluate the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in 7 Latin American countries (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay). The participants were 2944 people, selected through non-probability sampling for convenience, where the majority were women. Data collection occurred between 12 June and 14 September 2020. The results indicated that the model with two related factors presents a better fit to the data and has partial scalar invariance among the 7 countries. Differences in emotional and physiological reactions were observed between the countries.
Start page
2003
End page
2017
Volume
46
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Psicología (incluye terapias de aprendizaje, habla, visual y otras discapacidades físicas y mentales)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85101022154
PubMed ID
Source
Death Studies
ISSN of the container
07481187
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus