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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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