@article{Jovanovi_V-2023_163476,
title = {The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: Cross-National Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity Evidence},
author = {Jovanović, V. and Rudnev, M. and Abdelrahman, M. and Kadir, N. and Adebayo, D. and Akaliyski, P. and Alaseel, R. and Alkamali, Y. and Palacio, L. and Amin, A. and Andres, A. and Ansari-Moghaddam, A. and Aruta, J. and Avanesyan, H. and Ayub, N. and Bacikova-Sleskova, M. and Baikanova, R. and Bakkar, B. and Bartoluci, S. and Benitez, D. and Bodnar, I. and Bolatov, A. and Borchet, J. and Bosnar, K. and Broche-Pérez, Y. and Buzea, C. and Cassibba, R. and del Pilar Grazioso, M. and Dhakal, S. and Dimitrova, R. and Dominguez, A. and Duong, C. and Thome, L. and Estavela, A. and Fayankinnu, E. and Ferenczi, N. and Fernández-Morales, R. and Friehs, M. and Gaete, J. and Edine, W. and Gindi, S. and Formighieri Giordani, R. and Gjoneska, B. and Godoy, J. and Doncheva Hancheva, C. and Hapunda, G. and Hihara, S. and Islam, M. and Janovská, A. and Javakhishvili, N. and Kabir, R. and Kabunga, A. and Karakulak, A. and Karl, J. and Katović, D. and Kauyzbay, Z. and Kaźmierczak, M. and Khanna, R. and Khosla, M. and Kisaakye, P. and Klicperova-Baker, M. and Kokera, R. and Kozina, A. and Krauss, S. and Landabur, R. and Lefringhausen, K. and Lewandowska-Walter, A. and Liang, Y. and Lizarzaburu-Aguinaga, D. and López Steinmetz, L. and Makashvili, A. and Malik, S. and Manrique-Millones, D. and Martín-Carbonell, M. and Mattar Yunes, M. and McGrath, B. and Mechili, E. and Alvarez, M. and Mhizha, S. and Michałek-Kwiecień, J. and Mishra, S. and Mohammadi, M. and Mohsen, F. and Moreta-Herrera, R. and Muradyan, M. and Musso, P. and Naterer, A. and Nemat, A. and Neto, F. and Neto, J. and Okati-Aliabad, H. and Orellana, C. and Orellana, L. and Park, J. and Pavlova, I. and Peralta, E. and Petrytsa, P. and Pilkauskaite Valickiene, R. and Pišot, S. and Poláčková Šolcová, I. and Prot, F. and Ristevska Dimitrovska, G. and Rivera, R. and Riyanti, B. and Saiful, M. and Samekin, A. and Seisembekov, T. and Serapinas, D. and Sharafi, Z. and Sharma, P. and Shukla, S. and Silletti, F. and Skrzypińska, K. and Smith-Castro, V. and Solomontos-Kountouri, O. and Stanciu, A. and Ştefenel, D. and Stogianni, M. and Stuart, J. and Sudarnoto, L. and Sultana, M. and Sulejmanović, D. and Suryani, A. and Tair, E. and Tavitian-Elmadjian, L. and Uka, F. and Welter Wendt, G. and Yang, P. and Yıldırım, E. and Yu, Y.},
month = {nov},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a widely used measure that captures somatic symptoms of coronavirus-related anxiety. In a large-scale collaboration spanning 60 countries (Ntotal= 21,513), we examined the CAS’s measurement invariance and assessed the convergent validity of CAS scores in relation to the fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) and the satisfaction with life (SWLS-3) scales. We utilized both conventional exact invariance tests and alignment procedures, with results revealing that the single-factor model fit the data well in almost all countries. Partial scalar invariance was supported in a subset of 56 countries. To ensure the robustness of results, given the unbalanced samples, we employed resampling techniques both with and without replacement and found the results were more stable in larger samples. The alignment procedure demonstrated a high degree of measurement invariance with 9% of the parameters exhibiting noninvariance. We also conducted simulations of alignment using the parameters estimated in the current model. Findings demonstrated reliability of the means but indicated challenges in estimating the latent variances. Strong positive correlations between CAS and FCV-19S estimated with all three different approaches were found in most countries. Correlations of CAS and SWLS-3 were weak and negative, but significantly differed from zero in several countries. Overall, the study provided support for the measurement invariance of the CAS and offered evidence of its convergent validity while also highlighting issues with variance estimation.},
pages = {14-29},
volume = {36},
issue = {1},
journal = {Psychological Assessment},
publisher = {American Psychological Association},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001270},
}
