Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of Covid-19 scale in three Portuguese-speaking countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7844236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suely Ruiz Giolo (0000-0003-1185-7483, Universidade Federal do Paraná), Rubia Carla Formighieri Giordani (0000-0001-5698-7981, Universidade Federal do Paraná), Milene Zanoni Da Silva (0000-0002-1177-9668, Universidade Federal do Paraná), Paulo César Azevedo Dias (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), Paulo César Dias (0000-0001-6876-3723), Arune Estavela (0000-0003-4371-2449, High Institute of Health Sciences, Mozambique), Janete Ismael Mabuie (High Institute of Health Sciences, Mozambique) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 2997-3012 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13591053221076578 |
| PMID | 35187982 |
| OpenAlex | W4213128267 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 56 |
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
Brazilian Portuguese · Cartography · Confirmatory factor analysis · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cross-cultural studies · Geography · Measurement invariance · Portuguese · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |