TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronavirus Anxiety Scale
T2 - New psychometric evidence for the Spanish version based on CFA and IRT models in a Peruvian sample
AU - Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
AU - Vilca, Lindsey W.
AU - Carbajal-León, Carlos
AU - White, Michael
AU - Vivanco-Vidal, Andrea
AU - Saroli-Araníbar, Daniela
AU - Peña-Calero, Brian Norman
AU - Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The aim of the study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), using Item Response Theory (IRT) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The participants were 790 Peruvians, selected through a convenience sampling, where the majority were women. The CFA models indicated that the one-dimensional structure better represents the data, is reliable and invariant between men and women. Likewise, IRT findings indicate that CAS is more informative for high levels of COVID-19 anxiety. The CAS in Spanish has adequate psychometric properties to be used as a short measure of COVID-19 anxiety.
AB - The aim of the study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), using Item Response Theory (IRT) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The participants were 790 Peruvians, selected through a convenience sampling, where the majority were women. The CFA models indicated that the one-dimensional structure better represents the data, is reliable and invariant between men and women. Likewise, IRT findings indicate that CAS is more informative for high levels of COVID-19 anxiety. The CAS in Spanish has adequate psychometric properties to be used as a short measure of COVID-19 anxiety.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1865480
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1865480
M3 - Article
C2 - 33427098
AN - SCOPUS:85099342960
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 46
SP - 1090
EP - 1099
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 5
ER -