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Table 1 Descriptives and factor loadings of the items of the Italian Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire (I-PVDQ)

From: The psychometric properties and gender invariance of the Italian version of the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire (I-PVDQ) during the COVID-19 pandemic

Item

Descriptives (N = 501)

Factor loadings

Range

M

SD

Sk

Ku

EFA (N = 256)

CFA (N = 245)

     

GA

PI

GA

PI

1

1‒7

5.98

1.60

− 1.69

1.95

0.50

–

0.52

–

2

1‒7

2.70

1.42

0.76

0.12

–

0.58

–

0.68

3

1‒7

4.53

2.06

− 0.28

− 1.33

0.62

–

0.42

–

4

1‒7

4.54

2.12

− 0.28

− 1.37

0.48

–

0.57

–

5

1‒7

4.33

1.70

− 0.08

− 1.01

–

0.24

––

0.23

6

1‒7

2.42

1.40

1.09

0.77

–

0.92

–

0.78

7

1‒7

3.94

2.03

0.16

− 1.33

0.86

–

0.81

–

8

1‒7

2.82

1.67

0.78

− 0.34

–

0.87

–

0.80

9

1‒7

3.51

2.13

0.46

− 1.20

0.36

–

0.49

–

10

1‒7

2.40

1.40

1.06

0.71

–

0.81

––

0.70

11

1‒7

5.11

1.87

− 0.77

− 0.66

0.46

–

0.55

–

12

1‒7

4.09

1.70

0.01

− 0.97

–

0.38

–

0.48

13

1‒7

4.57

1.80

− 0.49

− 0.82

0.45

–

0.39

–

14

1‒7

4.08

1.51

− 0.06

− 0.77

–

0.44

–

0.44

15

1‒7

2.93

1.87

0.83

− 0.46

0.73

–

0.66

–

  1. Sk skewness, Ku kurtosis, EFA exploratory factor analysis, CFA confirmatory factor analysis. GA Germ Aversion, PI perceived infectability
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