Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in three Portuguese-speaking countries

Suely Ruiz Giolo, Rubia Carla Formighieri Giordani*, Milene Zanoni da Silva, Paulo César Azevedo Dias, Arune Estavela, Janete Ismael Mabuie

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This study evaluated the measurement invariance of the Portuguese version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) across three countries: Brazil (South America), Mozambique (East Africa), and Portugal (Southwest Europe). A total of 8694 participants were recruited through convenience sampling (7430 Brazilians, 387 Mozambicans, and 877 Portuguese adults). The unidimensional structure of the FCV-19S fitted well with each country’s data. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis showed that the FCV-19S was partially invariant across countries and fully invariant across gender and age groups, thus providing a solid basis for cross-group comparisons. Structural invariance tests revealed different levels of fear across countries and genders but not across age groups.
Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (de-até)2997-3012
Número de páginas16
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology
Volume27
Número de emissão13
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicado - nov. 2022

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