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Factorial Validity, Reliability, Measurement Invariance and the Graded Response Model for the Covid-19 Anxiety Scale in a Sample of Ecuadorians

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ID13630408
AuthorsRodrigo Moreta-Herrera (0000-0003-0134-5927, Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Ecuador, Ambato, Ecuador, corresponding author), Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez (0000-0002-5349-7570, Universidad Privada del Norte, Trujillo, Perú), Alexandra Salinas (0000-0001-9042-9190, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador), Micaela Jiménez‐Borja (Universidad San Francisco de Quito), Micaela Jiménez-Borja (Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador), Daniel Gavilanes-Gómez (0000-0003-1388-0556, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador), Carlos José Jiménez‐Mosquera (Universidad San Francisco de Quito), Carlos José Jiménez-Mosquera (Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador)
Year2022
Volume90
Issue3
Pages1078-1093
Publication date2022-07-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228221116515
PMID35850602
OpenAlexW4285795849
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited35

The aims of the research are to evaluate the factorial validity, internal consistency, measurement invariance, discrimination, and difficulty of the Covid-19 Anxiety Scale (CAS) applied to a sample of Ecuadorian adults ( N = 451). The study is based on an instrumental design with Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) technics. The results confirmed the validity of the CAS single-factor structure, with measurement invariance across gender and high internal consistency. Additionally, all CAS items displayed adequate discrimination indexes and proper ordering of the difficulty thresholds. In a conclusion, the CAS is a valid measurement scale for Ecuadorian adults

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Anxiety · Cartography · Confirmatory factor analysis · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Econometrics · Factorial · Geography · Mathematical analysis · Measurement invariance · Physics · Power (physics · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Sample (material · Scale (ratio · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Validity · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Virology

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