Is there evidence for factorial invariance of the COVID Stress Scales? an analysis of North American and cross-cultural populations.

Autor:	Boehme BAE; Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada., Kinsman L; Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada., Taylor S; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada., Asmundson GJG; Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychiatry [Front Psychiatry] 2024 Mar 26; Vol. 15, pp. 1381124. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 26 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1381124
Abstrakt:	The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the mental health of more citizens globally than any previous modern viral outbreak. In response to the psychological challenges associated with COVID-19, the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) were developed to assess the presence and severity of COVID-related distress. The initial North American validation study of the CSS identified that the scale comprised five factors: danger and contamination fears, fear of socioeconomic consequences, xenophobia, checking and reassurance seeking, and traumatic stress symptoms. The CSS have since been validated across a multitude of international populations. However, findings support a five- and six-factor model. Methodological issues make interpreting most studies supporting a five-factor model challenging. The purpose of this study was to re-evaluate the factor structure of the CSS using data from North American samples, to assess for potential factorial invariance, and compare these results to cross-cultural findings. Multiple confirmatory factor analyses (mCFA) were conducted across 28 different groups (e.g., age, ethnicity/race, sex) from two large independent North American samples from 2020 (n = 6827) and 2021 (n = 5787), assessing the fit indices of the five-, six-, and alternative-factor model of the CSS. The current results provide evidence for factorial invariance of the six-factor model of the CSS across different North American demographics and highlight potential challenges in interpreting the results of studies that have supported a five-factor model of the CSS. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Boehme, Kinsman, Taylor and Asmundson.)
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