Cross-cultural validation of the new version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in twelve Latin American countries

dc.creatorCaycho?Rodr?guez, Tom?s
dc.creatorValencia, Pablo D.
dc.creatorVilca, Lindsey W.
dc.creatorCarbajal?Le?n, Carlos
dc.creatorVivanco?Vidal, Andrea
dc.creatorSaroli?Aran?bar, Daniela
dc.creatorReyes?Bossio, Mario
dc.creatorWhite, Michel
dc.creatorRojas?Jara, Claudio
dc.creatorPolanco?Carrasco, Roberto
dc.creatorGallegos, Miguel
dc.creatorCervign, Mauricio
dc.creatorMartino, Pablo
dc.creatorPalacios, Diego Alejandro
dc.creatorMoreta?Herrera, Rodrigo
dc.creatorSamaniego?Pinho, Antonio
dc.creatorLobos?Rivera, Marlon El?as
dc.creatorBuschiazzo Figares, Andr?s
dc.creatorPuerta?Cort?s, Diana Ximena
dc.creatorCorrales?Reyes, Ibra?n Enrique
dc.creatorCalder?n, Raymundo
dc.creatorPinto Tapia, Bismarck
dc.creatorFranco Ferrar, Ilka
dc.creatorFlores?Mendoza, Carmen
dc.date2022-08-30T21:45:18Z
dc.date2022-08-30T21:45:18Z
dc.date2022-01-19
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-31T19:25:49Z
dc.date.available2023-08-31T19:25:49Z
dc.identifierCaycho-Rodr?guez T, Valencia PD, Vilca LW, 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
dc.identifier1046-1310
dc.identifierhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12144-021-02563-0.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8558319
dc.descriptionThe Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) was recently developed to assess dysfunctional anxiety related to COVID-19. Although diferent studies reported that the CAS is psychometrically sound, it is unclear whether it is invariant across countries. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the measurement invariance of the CAS in twelve Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay). A total of 5196 people participated, with a mean age of 34.06 (SD=26.54). Multigroup confrmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the measurement invariance of the CAS across countries and gender. Additionally, the graded response model (GRM) was used to provide a global representation of the representativeness of the scale with respect to the COVID19 dysfunctional anxiety construct. The unidimensional structure of the fve-item CAS was not confrmed in all countries. Therefore, it was suggested that a four-item model of the CAS (CAS-4) provides a better ft across the twelve countries and reliable scores. Multigroup CFA showed that the CAS-4 exhibits scalar invariance across all twelve countries and all genders. In addition, the CAS-4 items are more informative at average and high levels of COVID-19 dysfunctional anxiety than at lower levels. According to the results, the CAS-4 is an instrument with strong cross-cultural validity and is suitable for cross-cultural comparisons of COVID-19 dysfunctional anxiety symptoms in the general population of the twelve Latin American countries evaluated.
dc.descriptionUniversidad de Ibagu?
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCurrent Psychology
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectCross-cultural
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectValidity
dc.titleCross-cultural validation of the new version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in twelve Latin American countries
dc.typeArticle


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