Fear of Covid-19 Scale in Chilean University Students: Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance
The latest events in the lives of university students in Chile have been very stressful quarantines, online classes, and fear of contagion. It is imperative to have a solid instrument to measure the fear of Covid. This research aims to estimate the psychometric properties of the ‘Fear of Covid-19 Sc...
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| author | Martínez-Líbano, Jonathan Torres-Vallejos, Javier Simkin, Hugo Oyanedel Sepúlveda, Juan Carlos Silva Fuentes, Alicia Yeomans Cabrera, María Mercedes |
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| description | The latest events in the lives of university students in Chile have been very stressful quarantines, online classes, and fear of contagion. It is imperative to have a solid instrument to measure the fear of Covid. This research aims to estimate the psychometric properties of the ‘Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S)’ in a sample of 562 Chilean university students and to confirm its factorial structure. Confirmatory factorial analyses were performed and model parameters were estimated using the diagonally weighted least squares (DWLS) method. The assessment of FCV-19S had satisfactory values (ω = .94; α = .93). The results showed that the two-correlated factor model best fit the data CFI = .993, TLI = .989, RMSEA = .053, SRMR = .049. These findings suggest that FCV-19S has the proper psychometric properties for its application to Chilean university students. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-399872023-01-01T01:06:51Z Fear of Covid-19 Scale in Chilean University Students: Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance Escala de Miedo al Covid-19 en Estudiantes Universitarios Chilenos: Propiedades psicométricas e invarianza de medida Martínez-Líbano, Jonathan Torres-Vallejos, Javier Simkin, Hugo Oyanedel Sepúlveda, Juan Carlos Silva Fuentes, Alicia Yeomans Cabrera, María Mercedes fear of Covid-19 reliability validity FCV-19S university students miedo al Covid-19 fiabilidad validez FCV-19S estudiantes universitarios The latest events in the lives of university students in Chile have been very stressful quarantines, online classes, and fear of contagion. It is imperative to have a solid instrument to measure the fear of Covid. This research aims to estimate the psychometric properties of the ‘Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S)’ in a sample of 562 Chilean university students and to confirm its factorial structure. Confirmatory factorial analyses were performed and model parameters were estimated using the diagonally weighted least squares (DWLS) method. The assessment of FCV-19S had satisfactory values (ω = .94; α = .93). The results showed that the two-correlated factor model best fit the data CFI = .993, TLI = .989, RMSEA = .053, SRMR = .049. These findings suggest that FCV-19S has the proper psychometric properties for its application to Chilean university students. Los últimos acontecimientos relacionados con el Covid-19 han sido muy estresantes en la vida de los universitarios chilenos. A partir de lo anterior, es imperativo contar con un instrumento sólido para medir el miedo al Covid. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo estimar las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Miedo al Covid-19 (FCV-19S) en una muestra de 562 estudiantes universitarios chilenos y confirmar su estructura factorial. Se realizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio y se estimaron los parámetros del modelo utilizando el método de mínimos cuadrados ponderados diagonalmente (DWLS). La evaluación de FCV-19S tuvo valores satisfactorios (ω = .94; α = .93). Los resultados mostraron que el modelo de dos factores correlacionados se ajusta mejor a los datos CFI = .993, TLI = .989, RMSEA = .053, SRMR = .049. Estos hallazgos sugieren que la FCV-19S tiene las propiedades psicométricas adecuadas para su aplicación en estudiantes universitarios chilenos. Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Evaluación Psicológica y Educativa (LEPE) 2023-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/39987 Revista Evaluar; Vol. 22 Núm. 3 (2022); 48-65 1667-4545 1515-1867 10.35670/1667-4545.v22.n3 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/39987/40273 Derechos de autor 2023 Jonathan Martínez-Líbano, Javier Torres-Vallejos, Hugo Simkin, Juan Carlos Oyanedel Sepúlveda, Alicia Silva Fuentes, María Mercedes Yeomans Cabrera http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | fear of Covid-19 reliability validity FCV-19S university students miedo al Covid-19 fiabilidad validez FCV-19S estudiantes universitarios Martínez-Líbano, Jonathan Torres-Vallejos, Javier Simkin, Hugo Oyanedel Sepúlveda, Juan Carlos Silva Fuentes, Alicia Yeomans Cabrera, María Mercedes Fear of Covid-19 Scale in Chilean University Students: Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance |
| title | Fear of Covid-19 Scale in Chilean University Students: Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance |
| title_alt | Escala de Miedo al Covid-19 en Estudiantes Universitarios Chilenos: Propiedades psicométricas e invarianza de medida |
| title_full | Fear of Covid-19 Scale in Chilean University Students: Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance |
| title_fullStr | Fear of Covid-19 Scale in Chilean University Students: Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fear of Covid-19 Scale in Chilean University Students: Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance |
| title_short | Fear of Covid-19 Scale in Chilean University Students: Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance |
| title_sort | fear of covid 19 scale in chilean university students psychometric properties and measurement invariance |
| topic | fear of Covid-19 reliability validity FCV-19S university students miedo al Covid-19 fiabilidad validez FCV-19S estudiantes universitarios |
| topic_facet | fear of Covid-19 reliability validity FCV-19S university students miedo al Covid-19 fiabilidad validez FCV-19S estudiantes universitarios |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/39987 |
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