TY - JOUR
T1 - Fear of COVID-19 scale
T2 - Validity, reliability and factorial invariance in Argentina’s general population
AU - Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
AU - Vilca, Lindsey W.
AU - Cervigni, Mauricio
AU - Gallegos, Miguel
AU - Martino, Pablo
AU - Portillo, Nelson
AU - Barés, Ignacio
AU - Calandra, Manuel
AU - Burgos Videla, Carmen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - 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 strictly invariable across age groups, and the model that evaluated the relationships between fear of COVID-19, anxiety, and depression had adequate goodness of fit indices as well. The results indicated that FCV-19S has strong psychometric properties to measure fear of COVID-19 in the general population of Argentina.
AB - 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 strictly invariable across age groups, and the model that evaluated the relationships between fear of COVID-19, anxiety, and depression had adequate goodness of fit indices as well. The results indicated that FCV-19S has strong psychometric properties to measure fear of COVID-19 in the general population of Argentina.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1836071
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1836071
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 33118860
AN - SCOPUS:85094847302
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 46
SP - 543
EP - 552
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 3
ER -