Is there evidence for factorial invariance of the COVID Stress Scales? an analysis of North American and cross-cultural populations

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作者
Boehme, Blake A. E. [1 ]
Kinsman, Laura [1 ]
Taylor, Steven [2 ]
Asmundson, Gordon J. G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Regina, Dept Psychol, Anxiety & Illness Behav Lab, Regina, SK, Canada
[2] Univ British Columbia, Dept Psychiat, Vancouver, BC, Canada
来源
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY | 2024年 / 15卷
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
COVID stress scales; factorial invariance; confirmatory factor analysis; literature review; factor analysis; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; FIT INDEXES;
D O I
10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1381124
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the mental health of more citizens globally than any previous modern viral outbreak. In response to the psychological challenges associated with COVID-19, the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) were developed to assess the presence and severity of COVID-related distress. The initial North American validation study of the CSS identified that the scale comprised five factors: danger and contamination fears, fear of socioeconomic consequences, xenophobia, checking and reassurance seeking, and traumatic stress symptoms. The CSS have since been validated across a multitude of international populations. However, findings support a five- and six-factor model. Methodological issues make interpreting most studies supporting a five-factor model challenging. The purpose of this study was to re-evaluate the factor structure of the CSS using data from North American samples, to assess for potential factorial invariance, and compare these results to cross-cultural findings. Multiple confirmatory factor analyses (mCFA) were conducted across 28 different groups (e.g., age, ethnicity/race, sex) from two large independent North American samples from 2020 (n = 6827) and 2021 (n = 5787), assessing the fit indices of the five-, six-, and alternative-factor model of the CSS. The current results provide evidence for factorial invariance of the six-factor model of the CSS across different North American demographics and highlight potential challenges in interpreting the results of studies that have supported a five-factor model of the CSS.
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