TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries
T2 - Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale
AU - Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
AU - Rivera-Calcina, Renzo
AU - Vilca, Lindsey W.
AU - Carbajal-León, Carlos
AU - Valencia, Pablo D.
AU - Yupanqui-Lorenzo, Daniel E.
AU - Arias Gallegos, Walter L.
AU - Reyes-Bossio, Mario
AU - Oré-Kovacs, Nicol
AU - Rojas-Jara, Claudio
AU - Gallegos, Miguel
AU - Polanco-Carrasco, Roberto
AU - Cervigni, Mauricio
AU - Martino, Pablo
AU - Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías
AU - Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo
AU - Palacios Segura, Diego Alejandro
AU - Samaniego-Pinho, Antonio
AU - Figares, Andrés Buschiazzo
AU - Puerta-Cortés, Diana Ximena
AU - Camargo, Andrés
AU - Torales, Julio
AU - Monge Blanco, J. Arkangel
AU - González, Pedronel
AU - Smith-Castro, Vanessa
AU - Petzold-Rodriguez, Olimpia
AU - Calderón, Raymundo
AU - Matute Rivera, Wendy Yamilet
AU - Ferrufino-Borja, Daniela
AU - Muñoz-del-Carpio-Toia, Agueda
AU - Palacios, Jorge
AU - Burgos-Videla, Carmen
AU - Eduviges Florez León, Ana María
AU - Vergara, Ibeth
AU - Vega, Diego
AU - Noe-Grijalva, Martin
AU - Shulmeyer, Marion K.
AU - Urrutia Rios, Hassell Tatiana
AU - Lira Lira, Arelly Esther
AU - Lee, Sherman A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023
PY - 2026/2
Y1 - 2026/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Latin America
KW - alignment method
KW - invariance
KW - obsession
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85175418999
U2 - 10.1177/00302228231210148
DO - 10.1177/00302228231210148
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85175418999
SN - 0030-2228
VL - 92
SP - 1634
EP - 1668
JO - Omega (United States)
JF - Omega (United States)
IS - 3
ER -