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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 with 21,513 respondents, we examined CAS’s measurement invariance and the evidence of 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, 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 non-invariance. We also conducted simulations of alignment using the parameters estimated in the current model. This demonstrated the reliability of the means but indicated challenges in estimating the latent variances. Positive and strong correlations between CAS and FCV-19S estimated with 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. Keywords: coronavirus anxiety, measurement invariance, alignment, validity, culture. Public significance statement. We found that the widely used Coronavirus Anxiety Scale is generally suitable for cross-national research. Given that previously its comparability was questioned, the current study provided evidence of invariance making international comparisons of coronavirus-related anxiety possible.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Alignment, Coronavirus anxiety, Culture, Measurement invariance, Validity |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA1-939 Mathematics > QA299.6-433 Analysis R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine > RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine > RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Psychology and Social Work |
| Depositing User: | JUNAINE JASNI - |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2025 09:57 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2025 09:57 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/44758 |
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