Browsing by Autor "Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo"

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Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries: Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale
(SAGE Publishing, 2023) Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez; Renzo Rivera; Lindsey W. Vilca; Carlos Carbajal‐León; Pablo D. Valencia; Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo; Walter L. Arias Gallegos; Mario Reyes-Bossio; Nicol Oré-Kovacs; Claudio Rojas-Jara
The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated the presence of a unidimensional structure and good reliability indices for the OCS in each country. The alignment method indicated that the OCS is an invariant measure of COVID-19 obsession among the populations of seven Latin American countries. The findings based on IRT analysis indicated that all OCS items had adequate discrimination and difficulty parameters. The findings contribute to the understanding of the internal structure of the scale in different countries at the same time, something that has been pending evaluation.
Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against COVID-19 in Latin America
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2023) Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez; Pablo D. Valencia; José Ventura‐León; Carlos Carbajal‐León; Lindsey W. Vilca; Mario Reyes-Bossio; Mariel Delgado-Campusano; Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo; Rubí Paredes-Ángeles; Claudio Rojas-Jara
Invariance of the COV19 - impact on quality of life (COV19-QoL) measurement in people who lost a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic from four south American countries
(Drustvo Psihologa Srbije, 2025) Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez; Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo; Héctor Sánchez Carlessi; Carlos Reyes Romero; Patricia Matos Ramírez; Carlos Carbajal-León; Lindsey W. Vilca; Pablo D. Valencia; José Ventura‐León; Mario Reyes-Bossio
The COV19 - Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL) has been used as a measure of the perceived impact of COVID-19 on quality of life; however, little is known about its cross-cultural utility. The present study evaluated the measurement invariance of COV19-QoL in adult samples (N = 1034; Mage = 35.7 years; SD = 13.3 years; 68.3% women) from four South America countries (Ecuador, Colombia, Per? y Bolivia). The COV19-QoL unidimensional model fit indices were adequate in all the countries (CFI = 1.00, TLI = 0.99, SRMR = 0.02, RMSEA = 0.10). Both the alpha and omega indices had acceptable values ranging from 0.91 to 0.94 in all countries. Factorial invariance was evaluated using the alignment method, and invariance was obtained for the factorial weights (R2 = 1.00) and intercepts (R2 = 1.00), admitting the approximate invariance of COV19-QoL. The COV19-QoL can be recommended to meaningfully compare relationships between variables between groups and to compare latent means in four South American populations.
Network Analysis of Posttraumatic Growth Dimensions: A Cross-Sectional Study in People Who Experienced the Death of a Loved One from COVID-19 in 16 Latin American Countries
(SAGE Publishing, 2023) Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez; Jonatan Baños-Chaparro; José Ventura‐León; Lindsey W. Vilca; Carlos Carbajal‐León; Pablo D. Valencia; Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo; Rubí Paredes-Ángeles; Walter L. Arias Gallegos; Mario Reyes-Bossio
The present study aimed to apply a network analysis model to provide an exploratory empirical conceptualization of dynamic networks of posttraumatic growth (PTG) symptoms in 7,434 people who experienced the death of a loved one from COVID-19 in 16 Latin American countries. The Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory: Short Form of Eight Items was used. A non-regularized network with partial correlation coefficients was estimated through the ggmModSelect algorithm. The network architecture was analyzed for each country through its local properties and global properties. The results indicated that the networks differed significantly between countries. The core dimensions in the networks were relating to others, personal strength, and life value and opportunities, which were more related dimensions that reinforce the emergence of PTG in all countries. The findings may be useful to motivate researchers and mental health professionals to consider the importance of the individual dimensions of PTG in groups of people who experienced the death of a loved one from COVID-19 in 16 Latin American countries, as well as their interrelationships.
Pandemic Grief and Suicidal Ideation in Latin American Countries: A Network Analysis
(SAGE Publishing, 2024) Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez; Jonatan Baños-Chaparro; José Ventura‐León; Sherman A. Lee; Lindsey W. Vilca; Carlos Carbajal‐León; Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo; Pablo D. Valencia; Mario Reyes-Bossio; Nicol Oré-Kovacs
This study aimed to characterize the network structure of pandemic grief symptoms and suicidal ideation in 2174 people from eight Latin American countries. Pandemic grief and suicidal ideation were measured using the Pandemic Grief Scale and a single item, respectively. Network analysis provides an in-depth characterization of symptom-symptom interactions within mental disorders. The results indicated that, "desire to die," "apathy" and "absence of sense of life" are the most central symptoms in a pandemic grief symptom network; therefore, these symptoms could be focal elements for preventive and treatment efforts. Suicidal ideation, the wish to die, and the absence of meaning in life had the strongest relationship. In general, the network structure did not differ among the participating countries. It identifies specific symptoms within the network that may increase the likelihood of their co-occurrence and is useful at the therapeutic level.
Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19, Conspiracy Beliefs About Vaccines and Intention to Vaccinate Against COVID-19: A Cross-National Indirect Effect Model in 13 Latin American Countries
(SAGE Publishing, 2023) Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez; José M. Tomás; Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo; Pablo D. Valencia; Carlos Carbajal‐León; Lindsey W. Vilca; José Ventura‐León; Rubí Paredes-Ángeles; Walter L. Arias Gallegos; Mario Reyes-Bossio
The present study explored the predictive capacity of fear of COVID-19 on the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the influence in this relationship of conspiracy beliefs as a possible mediating psychological variable, in 13 Latin American countries. A total of 5779 people recruited through non-probabilistic convenience sampling participated. To collect information, we used the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Vaccine conspiracy beliefs Scale-COVID-19 and a single item of intention to vaccinate. A full a priori Structural Equation Model was used; whereas, cross-country invariance was performed from increasingly restricted structural models. The results indicated that, fear of COVID-19 positively predicts intention to vaccinate and the presence of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines. The latter negatively predicted intention to vaccinate against COVID-19. Besides, conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines had an indirect effect on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in the 13 countries assessed. Finally, the cross-national similarities of the mediational model among the 13 participating countries are strongly supported. The study is the first to test a cross-national mediational model across variables in a large number of Latin American countries. However, further studies with other countries in other regions of the world are needed.