Validating the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a Colombian sample

Factorial Validity, Reliability, Measurement Invariance and the Graded Response Model for the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale in a Sample of Ecuadorians

“…Additionally, this also means that it offers easy interpretation of the scores, and that it can be analyzed by IRT. Moreover, the unidimensional structure of the CAS resembles the findings of other studies assessing the global validation of the CAS ( Lieven, 2021 ), as well as studies conducted in Europe ( Evren et al, 2020 ; Magano et al, 2021 ), Asia ( Chen et al, 2021 ; Choi et al, 2020 ; Mohammadpour et al, 2020 ) and in the Americas ( Padovan-Neto et al, 2021 ; Serpas & Ignacio, 2021 )––this includes Ecuador’s neighboring countries Peru and Colombia ( Caycho-Rodríguez et al, 2021a , 2021b ; Vinaccia et al, 2021 ), and other Spanish-speaking countries of the continent such as Cuba, Mexico and Argentina ( Broche-Pérez et al, 2020 ; Eidman et al, 2021 ; Mora-Magana et al, 2020 ).…”

“…The psychological distress caused by the pandemic is exacerbated for individuals who have difficulties with cognitive emotion regulation strategies and with coping and conflict-resolution mechanisms ( Rodas et al, 2021 ). This results in overall symptomatology such as excessive stress, fear, anxiety, and depression, amongst others ( Chen et al, 2021 ; Moreta-Herrera et al, 2021 ; Vinaccia et al, 2021 ). As such, it is particularly important to conduct psychological research into the general and specific psychopathologies related to the pandemic, along with treatment for these conditions.…”

“…Indeed, its psychometric properties have been tested in 25 countries around the world in Asia, Europe, and the Americas ( Lieven, 2021 ). Amongst countries where the CAS has been applied are: Iran ( Mohammadpour et al, 2020 ), China ( Chen et al, 2021 ) South Korea ( Choi et al, 2020 ), Portugal ( Magano et al, 2021 ), Turkey ( Evren et al, 2020 ), the United States ( Serpas & Ignacio, 2021 ), Brazil ( Padovan-Neto et al, 2021 ); as well as specifically Spanish-speaking countries such as Cuba ( Broche-Pérez et al, 2020 ), Colombia ( Vinaccia et al, 2021 ), Mexico ( Mora-Magana et al, 2020 ), Peru ( Caycho-Rodríguez et al, 2021a , 2021b ) and Argentina ( Eidman et al, 2021 ). All the above-mentioned studies have confirmed the CAS’s unidimensional model, along with its high internal consistency.…”

Measuring anxiety related to COVID-19: Factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Arabic Coronavirus Anxiety Scale

“…This study’s data largely concurs with previous findings relating to the psychometric properties of the other language versions of the CAS. Validation studies conducted in Brazil [ 38 ], South Korea [ 39 ], Bangladesh [ 27 ], Turkey [ 19 ], and Colombia [ 40 ] all uniformly report the presence of a unidimensional structure and the internal consistency of their translated instruments to be high (Cronbach’s α values have been reported to range from .83 to .87). While the presence of coronavirus-related anxiety appears to occur pervasively across countries and cultures, the magnitude thereof is not consistent.…”

“…While the presence of coronavirus-related anxiety appears to occur pervasively across countries and cultures, the magnitude thereof is not consistent. Overall mean scores for the CAS in these previous validation studies have varied and, in some cases, quite substantially from as low as .87 in Bangladesh [ 27 ] to 2.46 in Colombia [ 40 ]. The overall mean score generated in the Arabic-speaking UAE sample is therefore substantially higher than that of previous studies with the exception of the Turkish study [ 19 ] in which a comparable score was produced (m = 6.66).…”