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

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    • Subject Terms:
      COVID-19; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; SELF-evaluation; RESEARCH methodology; FEAR; POPULATION geography; CULTURAL pluralism; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL sampling; EMOTIONS
    • Subject Terms:
      URUGUAY; COLOMBIA; EL Salvador; PARAGUAY; ECUADOR; ARGENTINA; MEXICO; LATIN America
    • 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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