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Special Issue: Assessing Pandemic Distress: Psychometric Approaches

Fear of COVID-19 scale: Validity, reliability and factorial invariance in Argentina’s general population

Tomás Caycho-Rodrígueza Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, PerúCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lindsey W. Vilcab Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, PerúORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8537-9149
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Mauricio Cervignic Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;d Centro de Investigación en Neurociencias de Rosario, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;e Laboratorio de Cognición y Emoción, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;f Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, ChileORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9951-1737
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Miguel Gallegosf Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile;c Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;g Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6891-7833
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Pablo Martinoc Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;d Centro de Investigación en Neurociencias de Rosario, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;e Laboratorio de Cognición y Emoción, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;f Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, ChileORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-2050
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Nelson Portilloh Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-2786
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Ignacio Barésc Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;d Centro de Investigación en Neurociencias de Rosario, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;e Laboratorio de Cognición y Emoción, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, ArgentinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8776-1691
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Manuel Calandrac Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;d Centro de Investigación en Neurociencias de Rosario, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina;e Laboratorio de Cognición y Emoción, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, ArgentinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1349-484X
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Carmen Burgos Videlai Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales y Educación, Universidad de Atacama, Atacama, ChileORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2718-8579
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Pages 543-552 | Published online: 29 Oct 2020
 
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Abstract

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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