The perceived vulnerability to disease scale : Cross-cultural measurement invariance and associations with fear of COVID-19 across 16 countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00131903" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00131903 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12878" target="_blank" >https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12878</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12878" target="_blank" >10.1111/spc3.12878</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The perceived vulnerability to disease scale : Cross-cultural measurement invariance and associations with fear of COVID-19 across 16 countries
Original language description
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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Social and Personality Psychology Compass
ISSN
1751-9004
e-ISSN
1751-9004
Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
1-18
UT code for WoS article
001139831100022
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85169126110