Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in seven Latin American countries

Caycho‐Rodríguez, Tomás; Valencia, Pablo D.; Vilca Quiro, Lindsey Wildman; Cervigni, Mauricio; Gallegos, Miguel; Martino, Pablo; Barés, Ignacio; Calandra, Manuel; Rey Anacona, César Armando; López-Calle, Claudio; Moreta‐Herrera, Rodrigo; Chacón-Andrade, Edgardo René; Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías; del Carpio, Perla; Quintero, Yazmín; Robles, Erika; Panza Lombardo, Macerlo; Gamarra Recalde, Olivia; Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés; White, Michael

doi:10.1080/07481187.2021.1879318

Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in seven Latin American countries

Author(s)

Caycho‐Rodríguez, Tomás

Private University of the North

Valencia, Pablo D.

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Vilca Quiro, Lindsey Wildman

Universidad Peruana Unión

Cervigni, Mauricio

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Gallegos, Miguel

Catholic University of the Maule

Martino, Pablo

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Barés, Ignacio

National University of Rosario

Calandra, Manuel

National University of Rosario

Rey Anacona, César Armando

Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

López-Calle, Claudio

University of Cuenca

Moreta‐Herrera, Rodrigo

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Chacón-Andrade, Edgardo René

Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador

Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías

Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador

del Carpio, Perla

Universidad de Guanajuato

Quintero, Yazmín

Universidad de Guanajuato

Robles, Erika

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Panza Lombardo, Macerlo

Universidad Nacional del Este

Gamarra Recalde, Olivia

Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés

White, Michael

Universidad Peruana Unión

Burgos Videla, Carmen

University of Atacama

Date Issued

9 de febrero de 2021

Type

Article

Volume

46

Issue

8

Series/Report No.

Death Studies

Start Page

2003

End Page

2017

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2021.1879318

ISSN

0748-1187

1091-7683

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.