Table 3: Factor analysis of the stress-related questions.
Questions |
F1 |
F2 |
F3 |
F4 |
Factor 1: Anxiety about infection (Cronbach a = 0.81) |
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Q23. Fidgeting about new information of pandemic |
0.810 |
0.005 |
0.174 |
-0.057 |
Q21. Nervous about the pandemic |
0.760 |
0.043 |
0.127 |
-0.133 |
Q24. Panic about pandemic |
0.729 |
-0.076 |
-0.011 |
0.152 |
Q22. Anxiety about pandemic in the last week |
0.678 |
-0.059 |
-0.027 |
0.034 |
Q26. Fretful degree about pandemic |
0.669 |
-0.252 |
0.011 |
0.043 |
Q19. Emotion in the last week after the COVID-19 outbreak |
0.553 |
0.156 |
0.345 |
-0.026 |
Q17. Anxiety about being infected |
0.330 |
0.094 |
0.501 |
-0.261 |
Q20. Anxiety about having similar infected symptoms |
-0.089 |
-0.023 |
0.846 |
0.156 |
Factor 2: Depression about infection (Cronbach a = 0.81) |
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Q25. Lack of interesting in doing anything but the epidemic |
0.818 |
-0.108 |
0.119 |
-0.005 |
Q29. Hesitation to work |
0.673 |
-0.021 |
0.018 |
-0.022 |
Q27. Complain about pandemic |
0.662 |
0.091 |
0.115 |
0.022 |
Q28. Worry about the prevent-control measures of the pandemic |
0.331 |
-0.333 |
0.004 |
0.236 |
Q34. Confidence in overcoming the pandemic |
-0.175 |
0.749 |
-0.013 |
0.025 |
Q42. Lacking of COVID-19's prevention knowledge |
-0.024 |
0.687 |
0.069 |
0.029 |
Factor 3: Exhaustion (Cronbach a = 0.72) |
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Q30. Overwashing and disinfecting hand but feeling of having no clean at home |
0.458 |
0.079 |
0.381 |
-0.024 |
Q35. Elevated mood for the currental pandemical prevent-control |
0.039 |
0.052 |
0.026 |
0.918 |
Factor 4: Feeling of hypothetical scenario (Cronbach a = 0.68) |
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Q33. Overworry about being infected or out-of-controled |
0.669 |
-0.144 |
0.097 |
0.102 |
Q32. Fear of meeting someone unweared masks |
0.648 |
0.225 |
0.038 |
-0.007 |
Q36. Anger and willingness of persuade to someone uncared about the pandemic |
0.392 |
0.610 |
0.047 |
0.008 |
Cronbach a was computed without excluded items; Bold, factor loading ≥ 0.40.