CROSS-CULTURAL MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF THE FEAR OF COVID-19 SCALE IN SEVEN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

CAYCHO-RODRÍGUEZ TOMÁS; VALENCIA PABLO; VILCA LINDSEY; CERVIGNI MAURICIO; GALLEGOS MIGUEL; MARTINO PABLO; BARÉS, IGNACIO; CALANDRA, MANUEL; REY ANACONA CÉSAR ARMANDO; LÓPEZ-CALLE CLAUDIO; MORETTA-HERRERA RODRIGO ; CHACÓN-ANDRADE EDGARDO RENÉ; MARLON ELÍAS LOBOS-RIVERA; DEL CARPIO PERLA; QUINTEROS YASMÍN; ROBLES ERIKA ; PANZA-LOMBARDO MARCELO; GAMARRA-RECALDE OLIVIA; BUSCHIAZZO-FIGARES ANDRÉS ; WHITE MICHAEL ; BURGOS-VIDELA CARMEN

Death Studies

Taylor & Francis, Inc.

Lugar: London ; Año: 2022 vol. 46 p. 2003 - 2017

0748-1187

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, México, 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.