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.

摘要

目的是评估 7 个拉丁美洲国家（哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、萨尔瓦多、墨西哥、巴拉圭、阿根廷和乌拉圭）的 COVID-19 恐惧量表 (FCV-19S) 的跨文化测量不变性。参与者为 2944 人，为方便起见，通过非概率抽样选择，其中大多数是女性。数据收集时间为 2020 年 6 月 12 日至 9 月 14 日。结果表明，具有两个相关因素的模型对数据的拟合度更好，并且在 7 个国家之间具有部分标量不变性。观察到各国之间的情绪和生理反应存在差异。