Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries: Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale

 

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Autores: Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás, Rivera Calcina, Renzo, Vilca, Lindsey W., Carbajal León, Carlos, Valencia, Pablo D., Yupanqui Lorenzo, Daniel E., Arias Gallegos, Walter L., Reyes Bossio, Mario, Oré Kovacs, Nicol, Rojas Jara, Claudio, Gallegos, Miguel, Polanco Carrasco, Roberto, Cervigni, Mauricio, Martino, Pablo, Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías, Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo, Palacios Segura, Diego Alejandro, Samaniego Pinho, Antonio, Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés, Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena, Camargo, Andrés, Torales, Julio, Monge Blanco, J. Arkangel, González, Pedronel, Smith Castro, Vanessa, Petzold Rodriguez, Olimpia, Calderón, Raymundo, Matute Rivera, Wendy Yamilet, Ferrufino Borja, Daniela, Muñoz del Carpio Toia, Agueda, Palacios, Jorge, Burgos Videla, Carmen, Eduviges Florez León, Ana María, Vergara, Ibeth, Vega, Diego, Noe Grijalva, Martín, Shulmeyer, Marion K., Urrutia Rios, Hassell Tatiana, Lira Lira, Arelly Esther, Lee, Sherman A.
Formato: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2023
Descripción:The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated the presence of a unidimensional structure and good reliability indices for the OCS in each country. The alignmentmethod indicated that the OCS is an invariant measure of COVID-19 obsession among the populations of seven Latin American countries. The findings based on IRT analysis indicated that all OCS items had adequate discrimination and difficulty parameters. The findings contribute to the understanding of the internal structure of the scale in different countries at the same time, something that has been pending evaluation.
País:Kérwá
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/90452
Acceso en línea:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00302228231210148
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/90452
Palabra clave:Alignment method
COVID-19
Invariance
Obsession
LATIN AMERICA

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