Fear and concern about the outbreak of a world war: validation of an instrument in eight Latin American countries (Third World War scale)
The final instrument with seven questions allows to measure adequately general fear (factor 1), and physical and mental repercussions due to the possibility of the outbreak of a world war (factor 2).
Authors
- Aldo Álvarez-Risco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0786-6555)
- Neal M. Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7050-1471)
- Leonel Vega-Useche
- Óscar Mamani-Benito
- Renzo Felipe Carranza Esteban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4086-4845)
- Christian Richard Mejia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5940-7281)
- José Manuel Armada Pacheco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-6144)
- Jorge Andrés Castrillón-Lozano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7566-5478)
- Elvira G. Zamora-Huaringa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4208-0582)
- Jaime A. Yáñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-1829)
- Telmo Raul Aveiro‐Róbalo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-8324)
- Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9532-6462)
- Valeria J. Padilla-F
- Alan A Martínez-Bourdier
- Deisy P Almada-Lesmo
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)
- Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia (CO)
- Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (PE)
- Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación (PE)
- Universidad Internacional (MX)
- Universidad Autónoma Juan Misael Saracho (BO)
- Universidad del Pacífico (PY)
- Universidad Tecnológica del Perú (PE)
- Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia (CO)
- Fundación Universitaria Sanitas (CO)
- Universidad Señor de Sipán (PE)
- Universidad Nacional de Asunción (PY)
- Ibero-American University Puebla (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychology
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02622-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Security and Public Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.20