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Title: | The perceived vulnerability to disease scale: Cross-cultural measurement invariance and associations with fear of COVID-19 across 16 countries | Authors: | Karakulak, Arzu Stogianni, Maria Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar Shukla, Shanu Bender, Michael Yeung, Victoria Wai Lan Jovanovic, Veljko Musso, Pasquale Scardigno, Rosa Scott, Riley A. Stuart, Jaimee Friehs, Maria-Therese Toh, Zena Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan Arvanitis, Alexios Buzea, Carmen Mastrotheodoros, Stefanos Tsang, Jo-Ann Madeira, Filipa Miconi, Diana Pascual, Nicole Russell Rowatt, Wade C. Al-Kire, Rosemary L. Amar, Moty Aral, Tugce Itzchakov, Guy Mishra, Sushanta Kumar Porat, Roni Servidio, Rocco Stefenel, Delia Tair, Ergyul Gkomez, Alexandros |
Keywords: | Culture;Disease threat;Fear of COVID-19;Measurement invariance;Perceived vulnerability to disease | Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | Wiley | Abstract: | Using cross-sectional data from N = 4274 young adults across 16 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, we examined the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the perceived vulnerability to disease (PVD) scale and tested the hypothesis that the association between PVD and fear of COVID-19 is stronger under high disease threat [that is, absence of COVID-19 vaccination, living in a country with lower Human Development Index (HDI) or higher COVID-19 mortality]. Results supported a bi-factor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling model where items loaded on a global PVD factor, and on the sub-factors of Perceived Infectability and Germ Aversion. However, cross-national invariance could only be obtained on the configural level with a reduced version of the PVD scale (PVD-r), suggesting that the concept of PVD may vary across nations. Moreover, higher PVD-r was consistently associated with greater fear of COVID-19 across all levels of disease threat, but this association was especially pronounced among individuals with a COVID-19 vaccine, and in contexts where COVID-19 mortality was high. The present research brought clarity into the dimensionality of the PVD measure, discussed its suitability and limitations for cross-cultural research, and highlighted the pandemic-related conditions under which higher PVD is most likely to go along with psychologically maladaptive outcomes, such as fear of COVID-19. | URI: | https://repository.iimb.ac.in/handle/2074/22199 | ISSN: | 1751-9004 | DOI: | 10.1111/spc3.12878 |
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