Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adults

Background: The overall aim of the study was to translate into Spanish and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS). Method: The sample was composed of 622 Peruvian young people and adults who answered CAS. The structural evaluation was conducted with confirmatory...

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Main Author: Rulman Andrei Franco-Jimenez
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Language:English
Published: Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPS 2020-08-01
Series:Interacciones: Revista de Avances en Psicología
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Online Access:https://ojs.revistainteracciones.com/index.php/rin/article/view/159
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description Background: The overall aim of the study was to translate into Spanish and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS). Method: The sample was composed of 622 Peruvian young people and adults who answered CAS. The structural evaluation was conducted with confirmatory factor analysis. Factorial invariance was used to verify the equivalence by sex and age. Results: The unifactorial model revealed good fit indexes χ²(5) = 12.40, CFI = .998, TLI = .996, RMSEA = .049, SRMR = .033. Also, the internal consistency using McDonald´s Omega coefficient was high (ω > .80). The factorial invariance indicated that the unifactorial structure is stable according to age. Conclusion: The Peruvian version of the CAS has evidence to be considered an accurate, valid, and invariant measure and the results support the unifactorial model.
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spelling doaj.art-9194a0ced73f459b956534b8cd90541b2022-12-22T00:38:45ZengInstituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPSInteracciones: Revista de Avances en Psicología2411-59402413-44652020-08-016e159https://doi.org/10.24016/2020.v6n2.159Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adultsRulman Andrei Franco-Jimenez0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-834XUniversidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga, PeruBackground: The overall aim of the study was to translate into Spanish and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS). Method: The sample was composed of 622 Peruvian young people and adults who answered CAS. The structural evaluation was conducted with confirmatory factor analysis. Factorial invariance was used to verify the equivalence by sex and age. Results: The unifactorial model revealed good fit indexes χ²(5) = 12.40, CFI = .998, TLI = .996, RMSEA = .049, SRMR = .033. Also, the internal consistency using McDonald´s Omega coefficient was high (ω > .80). The factorial invariance indicated that the unifactorial structure is stable according to age. Conclusion: The Peruvian version of the CAS has evidence to be considered an accurate, valid, and invariant measure and the results support the unifactorial model.https://ojs.revistainteracciones.com/index.php/rin/article/view/159coronavirusanxietyfactor analysispsychometricclinical psychology
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Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adults
Interacciones: Revista de Avances en Psicología
coronavirus
anxiety
factor analysis
psychometric
clinical psychology
title Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adults
title_full Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adults
title_fullStr Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adults
title_full_unstemmed Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adults
title_short Translation and psychometrical properties of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in Peruvian young people and adults
title_sort translation and psychometrical properties of coronavirus anxiety scale cas in peruvian young people and adults
topic coronavirus
anxiety
factor analysis
psychometric
clinical psychology
url https://ojs.revistainteracciones.com/index.php/rin/article/view/159
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