Cross-Cultural Validation of a New Version in Spanish of Four Items of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) in Twelve Latin American Countries

Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez; Lindsey W. Vilca; Pablo D. Valencia; Carlos Carbajal-León; Andrea Vivanco-Vidal; Daniela Saroli-Araníbar; Mario Reyes-Bossio; Michel White; Claudio Rojas-Jara; Roberto Polanco-Carrasco; Miguel Gallegos; Mauricio Cervigni; Pablo Martino; Diego Alejandro Palacios; Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera; Antonio Samaniego-Pinho; Marlon Elías Lobos-Rivera; Ilka Franco Ferrari; Carmen Flores-Mendoza; Andrés Buschiazzo Figares; Diana Ximena Puerta-Cortés; Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763993

Cross-Cultural Validation of a New Version in Spanish of Four Items of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) in Twelve Latin American Countries

Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Valencia, Pablo D.; Carbajal-León, Carlos; Vivanco-Vidal, Andrea; Saroli-Araníbar, Daniela; Reyes-Bossio, Mario; White, Michel; Rojas-Jara, Claudio; Polanco-Carrasco, Roberto; Gallegos, Miguel; Cervigni, Mauricio; Martino, Pablo; Palacios, Diego Alejandro; Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo; Samaniego-Pinho, Antonio; Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías; Ferrari, Ilka Franco; Flores-Mendoza, Carmen; Figares, Andrés Buschiazzo; Puerta-Cortés, Diana Ximena; Corrales-Reyes, Ibraín Enrique; Calderón, Raymundo; Tapia, Bismarck Pinto; Gallegos, Walter L. Arias · Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) (2021) · DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763993

Resumen

The invariance of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) was evaluated in 12 Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay). A total of 5183 people from the aforementioned countries participated, selected using the snowball sampling method. Measurement invariance was assessed by multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) and Multi-Group Factor Analysis Alignment (CFA-MIAL). In addition, item characteristics were assessed based on Item Response Theory. The results indicate that the original five-item version of the PCIBS is not adequate; whereas a four-item version of the PCIBS (PCIBS-4) showed a good fit in all countries. Thus, using the MG-CFA method, the PCIBS-4 achieved metric invariance, while the CFA-MIAL method indicated that the PCIBS-4 shows metric and scalar invariance. Likewise, the four items present increasing difficulties and high values in the discrimination parameters. The comparison of means of the PCIBS-4 reported irrelevant differences between countries; however, Mexico and Peru presented the highest frequency of preventive behaviors related to COVID-19. The PCIBS-4 is a unidimensional self-report measure which is reliable and invariant across the twelve participating Latin American countries.