Psychometric Properties of the COVID-19 Protective Motivation Scale in Peruvians During the Health Emergency.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 protective motivation scale (EMP-COVID-19) has been developed for the assessment of protective motivation. This study aims to examine the psychometric properties of the EMP-COVID-19 for its application in the Peruvian community.

Methods

This is an observational, cross-sectional, instrumental design study, 483 adults (≥18 years) participated in the study, in 2 samples of 81 and 402 participants from the different macro-regions of Peru through an online survey using non-probabilistic sampling. Content validation was performed through expert judgment. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to evaluate the factor model of the EMP-COVID-19 was performed with the first sample. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to verify the goodness of fit of the analysis fo

SUBMITTER: Cornejo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8543551 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature