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Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against COVID-19 in Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of a general measure of the perception of governmental responses to COVID-|19 (COVID-SCORE-10) in the general population of 13 Latin American countries.

Methods

A total of 5780 individuals from 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries selected by non-probabilistic snowball sampling participated. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed and the alignment method was used to evaluate invariance. Additionally, a graded response model was used for the assessment of item characteristics.

Results

The results indicate that there is approximate measurement invariance of the COVID-SCORE-10 among the participating countries. Furthermore, IRT results suggest that the COVID-SCORE-10 measures with good psychometric ability a broad spectrum of the construct assessed, especially around average levels. Comparison of COVID-SCORE-10 scores indicated that participants from Cuba, Uruguay and El Salvador had the most positive perceptions of government actions to address the pandemic. Thus, the underlying construct of perception of government actions was equivalent in all countries.

Conclusion

The results show the importance of initially establishing the fundamental measurement properties and MI before inferring the cross-cultural universality of the construct to be measured.

SUBMITTER: Caycho-Rodriguez T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10632328 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against COVID-19 in Latin America.

Caycho-Rodríguez Tomás T Valencia Pablo D PD Ventura-León José J Carbajal-León Carlos C Vilca Lindsey W LW Reyes-Bossio Mario M Delgado-Campusano Mariel M Yupanqui-Lorenzo Daniel E DE Paredes-Angeles Rubí R Rojas-Jara Claudio C Gallegos Miguel M Cervigni Mauricio M Martino Pablo P Polanco-Carrasco Roberto R Palacios Diego Alejandro DA Moreta-Herrera Rodrigo R Samaniego-Pinho Antonio A Lobos Rivera Marlon Elías ME Buschiazzo Figares Andrés A Puerta-Cortés Diana Ximena DX Corrales-Reyes Ibraín Enrique IE Calderón Raymundo R Arias Gallegos Walter L WL Petzold Olimpia O Camargo Andrés A Torales Julio J Monge Blanco J Arkangel JA González Pedronel P Smith-Castro Vanessa V Matute Rivera Wendy Yamilet WY Ferrufino-Borja Daniela D Ceballos-Vásquez Paula P Muñoz-Del-Carpio-Toia Agueda A Palacios Jorge J Burgos-Videla Carmen C Florez León Ana María Eduviges AME Vergara Ibeth I Vega Diego D Barria-Asenjo Nicol A NA Schulmeyer Marion K MK Urrutia Rios Hassell Tatiana HT Lira Lira Arelly Esther AE

Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS 20231108 1

<h4>Objectives</h4>The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of a general measure of the perception of governmental responses to COVID-|19 (COVID-SCORE-10) in the general population of 13 Latin American countries.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 5780 individuals from 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries selected by non-probabilistic snowball sampling participated. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed and the alignment method was used to evaluate invariance. Additional ...[more]

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Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against COVID-19 in Latin America.

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against COVID-19 in Latin America.

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