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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Caycho-Rodriguez, Tomas [1 ]
Rivera-Calcina, Renzo [2 ]
Vilca, Lindsey W. [3 ]
Carbajal-Leon, Carlos [4 ]
Valencia, Pablo D. [5 ]
Yupanqui-Lorenzo, Daniel E. [6 ]
Arias Gallegos, Walter L. [2 ]
Reyes-Bossio, Mario [7 ]
Ore-Kovacs, Nicol [7 ]
Rojas-Jara, Claudio [8 ]
Gallegos, Miguel [8 ,9 ,10 ]
Polanco-Carrasco, Roberto [11 ]
Cervigni, Mauricio [12 ,13 ]
Martino, Pablo [14 ]
Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elias [15 ]
Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo [16 ]
Palacios Segura, Diego Alejandro [17 ]
Samaniego-Pinho, Antonio [18 ]
Figares, Andres Buschiazzo [19 ]
Puerta-Cortes, Diana Ximena [20 ]
Camargo, Andres [21 ]
Torales, Julio [22 ]
Monge Blanco, J. Arkangel [23 ]
Gonzalez, Pedronel [24 ,25 ]
Smith-Castro, Vanessa [26 ]
Petzold-Rodriguez, Olimpia [27 ]
Calderon, Raymundo [28 ]
Matute Rivera, Wendy Yamilet [29 ]
Ferrufino-Borja, Daniela [30 ]
Munoz-del-Carpio-Toia, Agueda [31 ]
Palacios, Jorge [32 ]
Burgos-Videla, Carmen [33 ]
Eduviges Florez Leon, Ana Maria [34 ]
Vergara, Ibeth [34 ,35 ]
Vega, Diego [36 ]
Noe-Grijalva, Martin [37 ]
Shulmeyer, Marion K. [30 ]
Urrutia Rios, Hassell Tatiana [23 ]
Lira Lira, Arelly Esther [23 ]
Lee, Sherman A. [38 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cient Sur, Fac Psicol, Lima, Peru
[2] Univ Catolica San Pablo, Dept Psicol, Arequipa, Peru
[3] Univ Norbert Wiener, South Amer Ctr Educ & Res Publ Hlth, Lima, Peru
[4] Univ San Martin de Porres, Escuela Psicol, Lima, Peru
[5] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Iztacala, Tlanepantla De Baz, State Of Mexico, Mexico
[6] Univ Ciencias & Humanidades, Lima, Peru
[7] Univ Peruana Ciencias Aplicadas, Fac Psicol, Lima, Peru
[8] Univ Catolica Maule, Fac Ciencias Salud, Dept Psicol, Talca, Chile
[9] Univ Catolica Minas Gerais, Programa Posgrad Psicol, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
[10] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Ctr Interdisciplinario Invest Ciencia Salud & Com, Entre Rios, Argentina
[11] Ctr Estudios Acad Neuropsicol, Rancagua, Chile
[12] Univ Nacl Rosario, Fac Psicol, Ctr Invest Neurociencias Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
[13] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[14] Univ Nacl San Luis, Fac Psicol, Lab Invest Ciencias Comportamiento LICIC, San Luis, Argentina
[15] Univ Tecnol El Salvador, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Escuela Psicol, San Salvador, El Salvador
[16] Pontificia Univ Catolica Ecuador, Escuela Psicol, Ambato, Ecuador
[17] Univ Mariano Galvez, Ctr Desarrollo Humano, Guatemala City, Guatemala
[18] Univ Nacl Asuncion, Fac Filosofia, Carrera Psicol, Asuncion, Paraguay
[19] IAIP Uruguay, Ctr Estudios Adlerianos, Inst Alfred Adler, Montevideo, Uruguay
[20] Univ Ibague, Programa Psicol, Ibague, Colombia
[21] Fdn Univ Area Andina, Sch Hlth & Sport Sci, Bogota, Colombia
[22] Univ Nacl Asuncion, Fac Ciencias Med, Dept Psiquiatria, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
[23] Asociac Nicaraguense Desarrollo Psicol ANDEPSI, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
[24] Univ Jesus Nazareth, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
[25] Asociac Honduena Intervenc Crisis & Salud Mental, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
[26] Univ Costa Rica, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Inst Invest Psicol, San Jose, Costa Rica
[27] Lone Star Coll, Conroe, TX USA
[28] Colegio Estatal Psicologos Intervenc Jalisco AC, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
[29] Univ Jesus Nazareth, Dept Invest, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
[30] Univ Privada Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Fac Humanidades Comunicac & Artes, Ctr Invest & Asesoramiento Psicol, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
[31] Univ Catolica Santa Maria, Vicerrectorado Invest, Escuela Postgrad, Escuela Med Humana, Arequipa, Peru
[32] Univ Valle Mexico, Fac Psicol, Queretaro, Mexico
[33] Univ Atacama, Inst Invest Ciencias Sociales & Educ, Copiapo, Chile
[34] Asociac Panamena Psicologos, Ciudad De Panama, Panama
[35] Univ Latina Panama, Escuela Psicol, Panama City, Panama
[36] Univ Latina Costa Rica, Escuela Psicol, San Jose, Costa Rica
[37] Univ Cesar Vallejo, Escuela Psicol, Trujillo, Peru
[38] Christopher Newport Univ, Dept Psychol, Newport News, VA USA
关键词
alignment method; COVID-19; invariance; obsession; Latin America; OF-FIT INDEXES; MENTAL-HEALTH; FACTORIAL INVARIANCE; CATEGORICAL-DATA; EQUIVALENCE; VALIDATION; ANXIETY; MODEL; COVARIANCE; PACKAGE;
D O I
10.1177/00302228231210148
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
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摘要
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 alignment method 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.
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