Table 1.
Item loadings for the factor analysis and questionnaire items (Social Cognitive scale)
| Factor and loading | Questionnaire items | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | |
| -.50 | I feel confidence that I wouldn't find the test overly distasteful or embarrassing | |||||
| .56 | I think that giving a sample of faeces to another person for bowel cancer screening is embarrassing | |||||
| -.69 | I feel confident that I would be able to find time in the day to complete the test | |||||
| -.56 | Screening for bowel cancer can pick it up early when cancer can be treated | |||||
| -.55 | I think that having a faecal occult blood test would be reassuring | |||||
| .53 | I believe that testing faeces for the purpose of bowel cancer screening is unhygienic | |||||
| -.57 | It is quite convenient that I can screen myself for bowel cancer at home | |||||
| .47 | Fear of cancer would put me off having a faecal occult blood test | |||||
| .69 | I think that faecal occult blood tests are inconvenient | |||||
| .47 | Screening for bowel cancer is time consuming | |||||
| .42 | There are things I care about more than my health | |||||
| .43 | My family has a lot to do with my becoming sick or staying healthy | |||||
| .54 | .41 | No matter what I do, if I'm going to get sick, I will get sick | ||||
| .62 | .31 | My good health is largely a matter of good fortune | ||||
| .46 | .35 | When I am sick, I just have to let nature run its course | ||||
| .60 | When I recover from an illness, it's usually because other people have been taking good care of me | |||||
| .67 | Having regular contact with my doctor is the best way for me to avoid illness | |||||
| .68 | Regarding my health, I can only do what my doctor tells me to do | |||||
| .39 | .44 | If you don't have your health, you don't have anything | ||||
| .41 | When I get sick, I am to blame | |||||
| .57 | I am in control of my health | |||||
| .66 | If I become sick, I have the power to make myself well again | |||||
| .66 | If I take the right actions, I can stay healthy | |||||
| .63 | Most things that affect my health happen to me by accident | |||||
| .76 | There is a good chance that I will get bowel cancer | |||||
| .76 | I worry a lot about getting bowel cancer | |||||
| .81 | My chance of getting bowel cancer is high | |||||
| .33 | -.34 | People who get bowel cancer usually die soon | ||||
| .82 | I believe I know a lot about bowel cancer | |||||
| .83 | I know a lot about screening for bowel cancer | |||||
Note. F1 = Barriers/Benefits, F2 = Chance Health Locus of Control (HLC), F3 = Powerful Others HLC, F4 = Internal HLC, F5 = Perceived Susceptibility, F6 = CRC Knowledge