From: The Monkeypox Fear Scale: development and initial validation in a Peruvian sample
Items | Polychoric correlation matrix | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
1. Am I very afraid of monkeypox? | 1 | ||||||
2. Does it make me uncomfortable to think about monkeypox? | .62 | 1 | |||||
3. Do my hands get wet when I think about monkeypox? | .53 | .50 | 1 | ||||
4. Am I afraid of losing my life to monkeypox? | .62 | .46 | .66 | 1 | |||
5. When I see news and stories about monkeypox on social media, do I get nervous or anxious? | .67 | .60 | .71 | .69 | 1 | ||
6. I can't sleep because I am worried about having monkeypox? | .53 | .53 | .81 | .66 | .77 | 1 | |
7.- Does my heart race when I think about getting monkeypox? | .58 | .53 | .79 | .69 | .80 | .89 | 1 |
Mean | 2.88 | 2.80 | 1.82 | 2.23 | 2.27 | 1.76 | 1.95 |
Standard Deviation | 1.19 | 1.22 | 1.08 | 1.22 | 1.21 | 1.02 | 1.18 |
Skewness | .04 | .17 | 1.26 | .61 | .60 | 1.24 | 1.07 |
Kurtosis | − .87 | − .88 | .80 | − .75 | − .66 | .84 | .13 |