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. 2023 Jun 8;9(6):e17066. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17066

Table 2.

Frequentist individual item reliability statistics if an item is deleted and item-rest correlation (N = 811).

The preliminary version of the Ghosting Questionnaire including 10-items
Item Cronbach's α Ordinal α McDonald's ω Item-rest correlation
Overall 0.77 0.84 0.77
Ghost 1 0.76 0.83 0.76 0.31
Ghost 2 0.74 0.82 0.74 0.49
Ghost 3 0.75 0.81 0.75 0.46
Ghost 4 0.75 0.82 0.75 0.41
Ghost 5 0.75 0.82 0.76 0.40
Ghost 6 0.75 0.82 0.75 0.42
Ghost 7 0.74 0.81 0.74 0.53
Ghost 8 0.75 0.82 0.75 0.42
Ghost 9 0.75 0.83 0.75 0.44
Ghost 10 0.75 0.82 0.75 0.45
The final version of the Ghosting Questionnaire including 8-items
Item Cronbach's α Ordinal α McDonald's ω Item-rest correlation
Overall 0.74 0.80 0.75
Ghost 1 0.76 0.83 0.76 0.31
Ghost 3 0.75 0.81 0.75 0.46
Ghost 4 0.75 0.82 0.75 0.41
Ghost 6 0.75 0.82 0.75 0.42
Ghost 7 0.74 0.81 0.74 0.53
Ghost 8 0.75 0.82 0.75 0.42
Ghost 9 0.75 0.83 0.75 0.44
Ghost 10 0.75 0.82 0.75 0.45

Note: Ghost 1 (Neglect), Ghost 2 (Avoidance), Ghost 3 (Tardiness), Ghost 4 (Ambiguity), Ghost 5 (Blocking), Ghost 6 (Barriers), Ghost 7 (Absence), Ghost 8 (Inconsistently), Ghost 9 (Vulnerability), Ghost 10 (Withdrawal).