The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale : Cross-National Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity Evidence

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Authors	JOVANOVIC Veljko RUDNEV Maksim ABDELRAHMAN Mohamed KADIR Nor Ba'yah Abdul ADEBAYO Damilola Fisayo AKALIYSKI Plamen ALASEEL Rana ALKAMALI Yousuf Abdulqader PALACIO Luz Marina Alonso AMIN Azzam ANDRES Andrii ANSARI-MOGHADDAM Alireza ARUTA John Jamir Benzon AVANESYAN Hrant M AYUB Norzihan BACIKOVA-SLESKOVA Maria BAIKANOVA Raushan BAKKAR Batoul BARTOLUCI Sunčica BENITEZ David BODNAR Ivanna BOLATOV Aidos BORCHET Judyta BOSNAR Ksenija BROCHE-PÉREZ Yunier BUZEA Carmen CASSIBBA Rosalinda GRAZIOSO Maria del Pilar DHAKAL Sandesh DIMITROVA Radosveta DOMINGUEZ Alejandra DUONG Cong Doanh THOME Luciana Dutra ESTAVELA Arune Joao FAYANKINNU Emmanuel Abiodun FERENCZI Nelli FERNÁNDEZ-MORALES Regina FRIEHS Maria-Therese GAETE Jorge EDINE Wassim Gharz GINDI Shahar GIORDANI Rubia Carla Formighieri GJONESKA Biljana GODOY Juan Carlos HANCHEVA Camellia Doncheva HAPUNDA Given HIHARA Shogo ISLAM Md Saiful JANOVSKÁ Anna JAVAKHISHVILI Nino KABIR Russell Sarwar KABUNGA Amir KARAKULAK Arzu KARL Johannes Alfons KATOVIC Darko KAUYZBAY Zhumaly KAZMIERCZAK Maria KHANNA Richa KHOSLA Meetu KISAAKYE Peter KLICPEROVA-BAKER Martina KOKERA Richman KOZINA Ana KRAUSS Steven E LANDABUR Rodrigo LEFRINGHAUSEN Katharina LEWANDOWSKA-WALTER Aleksandra LIANG Yun-Hsia LIZARZABURU-AGUINAGA Danny LOPEZ STEINMETZ Lorena Cecilia MAKASHVILI Ana MALIK Sadia MANRIQUE-MILLONES Denisse MARTIN-CARBONELL Marta MATTAR YUNES Maria Angela MCGRATH Breeda MECHILI Enkeleint A MARINES Mejia Alvarez MHIZHA Samson MICHALEK-KWIECIEN Justyna MISHRA Sushanta Kumar MOHAMMADI Mahdi MOHSEN Fatema MORETA-HERRERA Rodrigo MURADYAN Maria D MUSSO Pasquale NATERER Andrej NEMAT Arash NETO Felix NETO Joana OKATI-ALIABAD Hassan ORELLANA Carlos Ivan ORELLANA Ligia PARK Joonha PAVLOVA Iuliia PERALTA Eddy Alfonso PETRYTSA Petro PILKAUSKAITE VALICKIENE Rasa PIŠOT Saša POLÁČKOVÁ ŠOLCOVÁ Iva PROT Franjo RISTEVSKA DIMITROVSKA Gordana RIVERA Rita M RIYANTI Benedicta Prihatin Dwi SAIFUL Mohd Saiful Husain SAMEKIN Adil SEISEMBEKOV Telman SERAPINAS Danielius SHARAFI Zahra SHARMA Prerna SHUKLA Shanu SILLETTI Fabiola SKRZYPINSKA Katarzyna SMITH-CASTRO Vanessa SOLOMONTOS-KOUNTOURI Olga STANCIU Adrian STEFENEL Delia STOGIANNI Maria STUART Jaimee SUDARNOTO Laura Francisca SULTANA Mst Sadia SULEJMANOVIC Dijana SURYANI Angela Oktavia TAIR Ergyul TAVITIAN-ELMADJIAN Lucy UKA Fitim GUILHERME Welter Wendt YANG Pei-Jung YILDIRIM Ebrar YU Yue
Year of publication	2024
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Psychological Assessment
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation	JOVANOVIC, Veljko, Maksim RUDNEV, Mohamed ABDELRAHMAN, Nor Ba'yah Abdul KADIR, Damilola Fisayo ADEBAYO, Plamen AKALIYSKI, Rana ALASEEL, Yousuf Abdulqader ALKAMALI, Luz Marina Alonso PALACIO, Azzam AMIN, Andrii ANDRES, Alireza ANSARI-MOGHADDAM, John Jamir Benzon ARUTA, Hrant M AVANESYAN, Norzihan AYUB, Maria BACIKOVA-SLESKOVA, Raushan BAIKANOVA, Batoul BAKKAR, Sunčica BARTOLUCI, David BENITEZ, Ivanna BODNAR, Aidos BOLATOV, Judyta BORCHET, Ksenija BOSNAR, Yunier BROCHE-PÉREZ, Carmen BUZEA, Rosalinda CASSIBBA, Maria del Pilar GRAZIOSO, Sandesh DHAKAL, Radosveta DIMITROVA, Alejandra DOMINGUEZ, Cong Doanh DUONG, Luciana Dutra THOME, Arune Joao ESTAVELA, Emmanuel Abiodun FAYANKINNU, Nelli FERENCZI, Regina FERNÁNDEZ-MORALES, Maria-Therese FRIEHS, Jorge GAETE, Wassim Gharz EDINE, Shahar GINDI, Rubia Carla Formighieri GIORDANI, Biljana GJONESKA, Juan Carlos GODOY, Camellia Doncheva HANCHEVA, Given HAPUNDA, Shogo HIHARA, Md Saiful ISLAM, Anna JANOVSKÁ, Nino JAVAKHISHVILI, Russell Sarwar KABIR, Amir KABUNGA, Arzu KARAKULAK, Johannes Alfons KARL, Darko KATOVIC, Zhumaly KAUYZBAY, Maria KAZMIERCZAK, Richa KHANNA, Meetu KHOSLA, Peter KISAAKYE, Martina KLICPEROVA-BAKER, Richman KOKERA, Ana KOZINA, Steven E KRAUSS, Rodrigo LANDABUR, Katharina LEFRINGHAUSEN, Aleksandra LEWANDOWSKA-WALTER, Yun-Hsia LIANG, Danny LIZARZABURU-AGUINAGA, Lorena Cecilia LOPEZ STEINMETZ, Ana MAKASHVILI, Sadia MALIK, Denisse MANRIQUE-MILLONES, Marta MARTIN-CARBONELL, Maria Angela MATTAR YUNES, Breeda MCGRATH, Enkeleint A MECHILI, Mejia Alvarez MARINES, Samson MHIZHA, Justyna MICHALEK-KWIECIEN, Sushanta Kumar MISHRA, Mahdi MOHAMMADI, Fatema MOHSEN, Rodrigo MORETA-HERRERA, Maria D MURADYAN, Pasquale MUSSO, Andrej NATERER, Arash NEMAT, Felix NETO, Joana NETO, Hassan OKATI-ALIABAD, Carlos Ivan ORELLANA, Ligia ORELLANA, Joonha PARK, Iuliia PAVLOVA, Eddy Alfonso PERALTA, Petro PETRYTSA, Rasa PILKAUSKAITE VALICKIENE, Saša PIŠOT, Iva POLÁČKOVÁ ŠOLCOVÁ, Franjo PROT, Gordana RISTEVSKA DIMITROVSKA, Rita M RIVERA, Benedicta Prihatin Dwi RIYANTI, Mohd Saiful Husain SAIFUL, Adil SAMEKIN, Telman SEISEMBEKOV, Danielius SERAPINAS, Zahra SHARAFI, Prerna SHARMA, Shanu SHUKLA, Fabiola SILLETTI, Katarzyna SKRZYPINSKA, Vanessa SMITH-CASTRO, Olga SOLOMONTOS-KOUNTOURI, Adrian STANCIU, Delia STEFENEL, Maria STOGIANNI, Jaimee STUART, Laura Francisca SUDARNOTO, Mst Sadia SULTANA, Dijana SULEJMANOVIC, Angela Oktavia SURYANI, Ergyul TAIR, Lucy TAVITIAN-ELMADJIAN, Fitim UKA, Welter Wendt GUILHERME, Pei-Jung YANG, Ebrar YILDIRIM and Yue YU. The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale : Cross-National Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity Evidence. Psychological Assessment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2024, vol. 36, No 1, p. 14-29. ISSN 1040-3590. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0001270.
web	https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-28534-001
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0001270
Keywords	coronavirus anxiety; measurement invariance; alignment; validity; culture
Attached files	The_Coronavirus_Anxiety_Scale.pdf
Description	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.
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