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Test (Young, 1998), para determinar el grado de uso de Internet (controlado, problemático o adictivo). Los resultados revelaron que el 9.7% de la muestra presenta un uso problemático de Internet.Este porcentaje era en su mayoría masculino (χ 2 = 12.93; p= 0.01) y realizaba actividades de comunicación y ocio. El uso problemático correlaciona positivamente con neuroticismo y negativamente con afabilidad y responsabilidad. Por otra parte, no tiene relación con extraversión y apertura a la experiencia. Ser mujer y la dimensión de responsabilidad son factores protectores del uso problemático, mientras que el neuroticismo lo predice. En conclusión, los datos aportan evidencia empírica en el estudio de la relación entre la personalidad y el uso problemático de Internet.

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The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) was recently developed to assess dysfunctional anxiety related to COVID-19. Although different studies reported that the CAS is psychometrically sound, it is unclear whether it is invariant across countries. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the measurement invariance of the CAS in twelve Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay). A total of 5196 people participated, with a mean age of 34.06 (SD = 26.54). Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the measurement invariance of the CAS across countries and gender. Additionally, the graded response model (GRM) was used to provide a global representation of the representativeness of the scale with respect to the COVID-19 dysfunctional anxiety construct. The unidimensional structure of the five-item CAS was not confirmed in all countries. Therefore, it was suggested that a four-item model of the CAS (CAS-4) provides a better fit across the twelve countries and reliable scores. Multigroup CFA showed that the CAS-4 exhibits scalar invariance across all twelve countries and all genders. In addition, the CAS-4 items are more informative at average and high levels of COVID-19 dysfunctional anxiety than at lower levels. According to the results, the CAS-4 is an instrument with strong cross-cultural validity and is suitable for cross-cultural comparisons of COVID-19 dysfunctional anxiety symptoms in the general population of the twelve Latin American countries evaluated. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-021-02563-0.