Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries

Autores
Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás; Valencia, Pablo D.; Ventura León, José; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Carbajal León, Carlos; Reyes Bossio, Mario; White, Michael; Rojas Jara, Claudio; Polanco Carrasco, Roberto; Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar; Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro; Martino, Pablo Luis; Palacios, Diego Alejandro; Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo; Samaniego Pinho, Antonio; Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías; Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés; Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena; Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique; Calderón, Raymundo; Pinto Tapia, Bismarck; Arias Gallegos, Walter L.; Petzold, Olimpia
Año de publicación
2022
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inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Aims: Over the past 2 years, the vaccine conspiracy beliefs construct has been used in a number of different studies. These publications have assessed the determinants and outcomes of vaccine conspiracy beliefs using, in some cases, pooled data from different countries, and compared the results across these contexts. However, studies often do not consider measurement invariance as a necessary requirement for comparative analyses. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the cross-cultural MI of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 12 Latin American countries. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory analysis and alignment method were applied to test measurement invariance in a large number of groups. Results: The COVID-VCBS showed robust psychometric properties and measurement invariance for both factor loadings and crosstabs. Also, a higher level of acceptance of conspiracy beliefs about vaccines is necessary to respond to higher response categories. Similarly, greater acceptance of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines was related to a lower intention to be vaccinated. Conclusion: The results allow for improved understanding of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines in the countries assessed; furthermore, they provide researchers and practitioners with an invariant measure that they can use in cross-cultural studies in Latin America. However, further studies are needed to test invariance in other countries, with the goal of developing a truly international measure of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines.
Fil: Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás. Universidad Privada del Norte; Perú
Fil: Valencia, Pablo D.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México
Fil: Ventura León, José. Universidad Privada del Norte; Perú
Fil: Vilca, Lindsey W.. Universidad Norbert Wiener; Perú
Fil: Carbajal León, Carlos. Universidad Privada del Norte; Perú
Fil: Reyes Bossio, Mario. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; Perú
Fil: White, Michael. Universidad Peruana Unión; Perú
Fil: Rojas Jara, Claudio. Universidad Católica del Maule; Chile
Fil: Polanco Carrasco, Roberto. No especifíca;
Fil: Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina
Fil: Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro. Universidad Adventista del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina
Fil: Martino, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de Rosario; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Palacios, Diego Alejandro. Universidad Mariano Gálvez; Guatemala
Fil: Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Ecuador
Fil: Samaniego Pinho, Antonio. Universidad Nacional de Asunción; Paraguay
Fil: Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías. Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador; El Salvador
Fil: Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés. No especifíca;
Fil: Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena. Universidad de Ibagué; Colombia
Fil: Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique. No especifíca;
Fil: Calderón, Raymundo. Universidad del Valle de Mexico; México
Fil: Pinto Tapia, Bismarck. Universidad Catolica Boliviana; Bolivia
Fil: Arias Gallegos, Walter L.. Universidad Católica San Pablo; Perú
Fil: Petzold, Olimpia. Université Libre de Bruxelles; Bélgica
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CONSPIRACY BELIEFS
COVID-19
INVARIANCE
LATIN AMERICA
VACCINES
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spelling Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American CountriesCaycho Rodríguez, TomásValencia, Pablo D.Ventura León, JoséVilca, Lindsey W.Carbajal León, CarlosReyes Bossio, MarioWhite, MichaelRojas Jara, ClaudioPolanco Carrasco, RobertoGallegos de San Vicente, Miguel OmarCervigni, Mauricio AlejandroMartino, Pablo LuisPalacios, Diego AlejandroMoreta Herrera, RodrigoSamaniego Pinho, AntonioLobos Rivera, Marlon ElíasBuschiazzo Figares, AndrésPuerta Cortés, Diana XimenaCorrales Reyes, Ibraín EnriqueCalderón, RaymundoPinto Tapia, BismarckArias Gallegos, Walter L.Petzold, OlimpiaCONSPIRACY BELIEFSCOVID-19INVARIANCELATIN AMERICAVACCINEShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Aims: Over the past 2 years, the vaccine conspiracy beliefs construct has been used in a number of different studies. These publications have assessed the determinants and outcomes of vaccine conspiracy beliefs using, in some cases, pooled data from different countries, and compared the results across these contexts. However, studies often do not consider measurement invariance as a necessary requirement for comparative analyses. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the cross-cultural MI of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 12 Latin American countries. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory analysis and alignment method were applied to test measurement invariance in a large number of groups. Results: The COVID-VCBS showed robust psychometric properties and measurement invariance for both factor loadings and crosstabs. Also, a higher level of acceptance of conspiracy beliefs about vaccines is necessary to respond to higher response categories. Similarly, greater acceptance of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines was related to a lower intention to be vaccinated. Conclusion: The results allow for improved understanding of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines in the countries assessed; furthermore, they provide researchers and practitioners with an invariant measure that they can use in cross-cultural studies in Latin America. However, further studies are needed to test invariance in other countries, with the goal of developing a truly international measure of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines.Fil: Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás. Universidad Privada del Norte; PerúFil: Valencia, Pablo D.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; MéxicoFil: Ventura León, José. Universidad Privada del Norte; PerúFil: Vilca, Lindsey W.. Universidad Norbert Wiener; PerúFil: Carbajal León, Carlos. Universidad Privada del Norte; PerúFil: Reyes Bossio, Mario. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; PerúFil: White, Michael. Universidad Peruana Unión; PerúFil: Rojas Jara, Claudio. Universidad Católica del Maule; ChileFil: Polanco Carrasco, Roberto. No especifíca;Fil: Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación; ArgentinaFil: Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro. Universidad Adventista del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación; ArgentinaFil: Martino, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de Rosario; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Palacios, Diego Alejandro. Universidad Mariano Gálvez; GuatemalaFil: Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; EcuadorFil: Samaniego Pinho, Antonio. Universidad Nacional de Asunción; ParaguayFil: Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías. Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador; El SalvadorFil: Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés. No especifíca;Fil: Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena. Universidad de Ibagué; ColombiaFil: Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique. No especifíca;Fil: Calderón, Raymundo. Universidad del Valle de Mexico; MéxicoFil: Pinto Tapia, Bismarck. Universidad Catolica Boliviana; BoliviaFil: Arias Gallegos, Walter L.. Universidad Católica San Pablo; PerúFil: Petzold, Olimpia. Université Libre de Bruxelles; BélgicaFrontiers Media2022-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/213191Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás; Valencia, Pablo D.; Ventura León, José; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Carbajal León, Carlos; et al.; Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries; Frontiers Media; Frontiers in Public Health; 10; 6-2022; 1-192296-2565CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3389/fpubh.2022.908720info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-10T13:07:05Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/213191instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-10 13:07:05.767CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
title Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
spellingShingle Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás
CONSPIRACY BELIEFS
COVID-19
INVARIANCE
LATIN AMERICA
VACCINES
title_short Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
title_full Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
title_fullStr Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
title_full_unstemmed Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
title_sort Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás
Valencia, Pablo D.
Ventura León, José
Vilca, Lindsey W.
Carbajal León, Carlos
Reyes Bossio, Mario
White, Michael
Rojas Jara, Claudio
Polanco Carrasco, Roberto
Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar
Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro
Martino, Pablo Luis
Palacios, Diego Alejandro
Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo
Samaniego Pinho, Antonio
Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías
Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés
Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena
Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique
Calderón, Raymundo
Pinto Tapia, Bismarck
Arias Gallegos, Walter L.
Petzold, Olimpia
author Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás
author_facet Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás
Valencia, Pablo D.
Ventura León, José
Vilca, Lindsey W.
Carbajal León, Carlos
Reyes Bossio, Mario
White, Michael
Rojas Jara, Claudio
Polanco Carrasco, Roberto
Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar
Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro
Martino, Pablo Luis
Palacios, Diego Alejandro
Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo
Samaniego Pinho, Antonio
Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías
Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés
Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena
Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique
Calderón, Raymundo
Pinto Tapia, Bismarck
Arias Gallegos, Walter L.
Petzold, Olimpia
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Ventura León, José
Vilca, Lindsey W.
Carbajal León, Carlos
Reyes Bossio, Mario
White, Michael
Rojas Jara, Claudio
Polanco Carrasco, Roberto
Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar
Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro
Martino, Pablo Luis
Palacios, Diego Alejandro
Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo
Samaniego Pinho, Antonio
Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías
Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés
Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena
Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique
Calderón, Raymundo
Pinto Tapia, Bismarck
Arias Gallegos, Walter L.
Petzold, Olimpia
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CONSPIRACY BELIEFS
COVID-19
INVARIANCE
LATIN AMERICA
VACCINES
topic CONSPIRACY BELIEFS
COVID-19
INVARIANCE
LATIN AMERICA
VACCINES
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Aims: Over the past 2 years, the vaccine conspiracy beliefs construct has been used in a number of different studies. These publications have assessed the determinants and outcomes of vaccine conspiracy beliefs using, in some cases, pooled data from different countries, and compared the results across these contexts. However, studies often do not consider measurement invariance as a necessary requirement for comparative analyses. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the cross-cultural MI of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 12 Latin American countries. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory analysis and alignment method were applied to test measurement invariance in a large number of groups. Results: The COVID-VCBS showed robust psychometric properties and measurement invariance for both factor loadings and crosstabs. Also, a higher level of acceptance of conspiracy beliefs about vaccines is necessary to respond to higher response categories. Similarly, greater acceptance of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines was related to a lower intention to be vaccinated. Conclusion: The results allow for improved understanding of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines in the countries assessed; furthermore, they provide researchers and practitioners with an invariant measure that they can use in cross-cultural studies in Latin America. However, further studies are needed to test invariance in other countries, with the goal of developing a truly international measure of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines.
Fil: Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás. Universidad Privada del Norte; Perú
Fil: Valencia, Pablo D.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México
Fil: Ventura León, José. Universidad Privada del Norte; Perú
Fil: Vilca, Lindsey W.. Universidad Norbert Wiener; Perú
Fil: Carbajal León, Carlos. Universidad Privada del Norte; Perú
Fil: Reyes Bossio, Mario. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; Perú
Fil: White, Michael. Universidad Peruana Unión; Perú
Fil: Rojas Jara, Claudio. Universidad Católica del Maule; Chile
Fil: Polanco Carrasco, Roberto. No especifíca;
Fil: Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina
Fil: Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro. Universidad Adventista del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina
Fil: Martino, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de Rosario; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Palacios, Diego Alejandro. Universidad Mariano Gálvez; Guatemala
Fil: Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Ecuador
Fil: Samaniego Pinho, Antonio. Universidad Nacional de Asunción; Paraguay
Fil: Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías. Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador; El Salvador
Fil: Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés. No especifíca;
Fil: Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena. Universidad de Ibagué; Colombia
Fil: Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique. No especifíca;
Fil: Calderón, Raymundo. Universidad del Valle de Mexico; México
Fil: Pinto Tapia, Bismarck. Universidad Catolica Boliviana; Bolivia
Fil: Arias Gallegos, Walter L.. Universidad Católica San Pablo; Perú
Fil: Petzold, Olimpia. Université Libre de Bruxelles; Bélgica
description Aims: Over the past 2 years, the vaccine conspiracy beliefs construct has been used in a number of different studies. These publications have assessed the determinants and outcomes of vaccine conspiracy beliefs using, in some cases, pooled data from different countries, and compared the results across these contexts. However, studies often do not consider measurement invariance as a necessary requirement for comparative analyses. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the cross-cultural MI of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 12 Latin American countries. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory analysis and alignment method were applied to test measurement invariance in a large number of groups. Results: The COVID-VCBS showed robust psychometric properties and measurement invariance for both factor loadings and crosstabs. Also, a higher level of acceptance of conspiracy beliefs about vaccines is necessary to respond to higher response categories. Similarly, greater acceptance of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines was related to a lower intention to be vaccinated. Conclusion: The results allow for improved understanding of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines in the countries assessed; furthermore, they provide researchers and practitioners with an invariant measure that they can use in cross-cultural studies in Latin America. However, further studies are needed to test invariance in other countries, with the goal of developing a truly international measure of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines.
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