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Cross-Cultural Validation of a New Version in Spanish of Four Items of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) in Twelve Latin American Countries
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Caycho-Rodr?guez T, Vilca LW, Valencia PD, Carbajal-Le?n C, Vivanco-Vidal A, Saroli-Aran?bar D, Reyes-Bossio M, White M, Rojas-Jara C, Polanco-Carrasco R, Gallegos M, Cervigni M, Martino P, Palacios DA, Moreta-Herrera R, Samaniego-Pinho A, Lobos-Rivera ME, Ferrari IF, Flores-Mendoza C, Figares AB, Puerta-Cort?s DX, Corrales-Reyes IE, Calder?n R, Tapia BP, Gallegos WLA. Cross-Cultural Validation of a New Version in Spanish of Four Items of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) in Twelve Latin American Countries. Front Psychol. 2021 Nov 16;12:763993. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763993. PMID: 34867664; PMCID: PMC8634949.
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Autor
Caycho-Rodr?guez, Tom?s
Vilca, Lindsey W.
Valencia, Pablo D.
Carbajal-Le?n, Carlos
Vivanco-Vidal, Andrea
Saroli-Aran?bar, Daniela
Reyes-Bossio, Mario
White, Michel
Rojas-Jara, Claudio
Polanco-Carrasco, Roberto
Gallegos, Miguel
Cervigni, Mauricio
Martino, Pablo
Palacios, Diego Alejandro
Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo
Samaniego-Pinho, Antonio
Lobos-Rivera, Marlon El?as
Ferrari, Ilka Franco
Flores-Mendoza, Carmen
Buschiazzo Figares, Andr?s
Puerta-Cort?s, Diana Ximena
Corrales-Reyes, Ibra?n Enrique
Calder?n, Raymundo
Pinto Tapia, Bismarck
Arias Gallegos, Walter L.
Institución
Resumen
The invariance of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) was evaluated in 12 Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay). A total of 5183 people from the aforementioned countries participated, selected using the snowball sampling method. Measurement invariance was assessed by multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) and Multi-Group Factor Analysis Alignment (CFA-MIAL). In addition, item characteristics were assessed based on Item Response Theory. The results indicate that the original five-item version of the PCIBS is not adequate; whereas a four-item version of the PCIBS (PCIBS-4) showed a good fit in all countries. Thus, using the MG-CFA method, the PCIBS-4 achieved metric invariance, while the CFA-MIAL method indicated that the PCIBS-4 shows metric and scalar invariance. Likewise, the four items present increasing difficulties and high values in the discrimination parameters. The comparison of means of the PCIBS-4 reported irrelevant differences between countries; however, Mexico and Peru presented the highest frequency of preventive behaviors related to COVID-19. It is concluded that the PCIBS-4 is a unidimensional self-report measure which is reliable and invariant across the twelve participating Latin American countries. It is expected that the findings will be of interest to social and health scientists, as well as those professionals directly involved in public health decision making. Universidad de Ibagu?