Fear of COVID-19 scale: Validity, reliability and factorial invariance in Argentina’s general population

CAYCHO-RODRÍGUEZ, TOMÁS; VILCA, LINDSEY W.; CERVIGNI, MAURICIO; GALLEGOS, MIGUEL; MARTINO, PABLO; PORTILLO, NELSON; BARÉS, IGNACIO; CALANDRA, MANUEL; BURGOS VIDELA, CARMEN

Death Studies

Taylor & Francis

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2020 vol. 17 p. 1 - 10

0748-1187

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Scale of Fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S)in a sample of 1,291 Argentines. The two-related factor structure of the FCV-19S had satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices using structural equation modeling and item response theory.Further results showed that the reliability was adequate, the factor structure was strictlyinvariable across age groups, and the model that evaluated the relationships between fearof COVID-19, anxiety, and depression had adequate goodness of fit indices as well. Theresults indicated that FCV-19S has strong psychometric properties to measure fear ofCOVID-19 in the general population of Argentina.