Tomás Caycho‐RodríguezPablo D. ValenciaJosé Ventura‐LeónCarlos Carbajal‐LeónLindsey W. VilcaMario Reyes-BossioMariel Delgado-CampusanoDaniel E. Yupanqui-LorenzoRubí Paredes-ÁngelesClaudio Rojas-Jara2026-03-222026-03-22202310.1186/s41155-023-00277-9https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-023-00277-9https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/74247enSnowball samplingConfirmatory factor analysisMeasurement invarianceLatin AmericansPerceptionPopulationPsychologyGovernment (linguistics)Construct (python library)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)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 Americaarticle