Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in seven Latin American countries.
Tomás Caycho-RodríguezPablo D ValenciaLindsey W VilcaMauricio A CervigniMiguel GallegosPablo L MartinoIgnacio BarésManuel CalandraCésar Armando Rey AnaconaClaudio López-CalleRodrigo Moreta-HerreraEdgardo René Chacón-AndradeMarlon Elías Lobos RiveraPerla Del CarpioYazmín QuinteroErika RoblesMacerlo Panza LombardoOlivia Gamarra RecaldeAndrés Buschiazzo FigaresMichael WhiteCarmen Burgos VidelaPublished in: Death studies (2021)
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.