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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosoc Oncol. 2014;32(2):189–206. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2013.874002

Table 2.

Principle Axis Analysis of DCW for China and Belgium

Item China Belgium

Factor 1 (Severity) Factor 2 (Frequency) Factor 1 (Severity) Factor 2 (Frequency)
1. I am afraid of the physical consequences of getting cancer. .82 .85
2. I worry about my health because of my chances of getting cancer. .93 .66
3. I feel anxiety when I think of the possible consequences of getting cancer. .82 .89
4. I brood about the physical consequences of getting cancer. .70 .89
5. I thought about it when I didn’t mean to. .51 .55
6. I had trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, because of pictures or thoughts about it that came to mind. .74 .77
7. I had waves of strong feelings about it. .86 .52
8. I had dreams about it. .82 .66
9. Pictures about it popped into my mind. .74 .71
10. Other things kept making me think about it. .76 .47
11. Any reminder brought back feeling about it. .60 .60
Eigenvalue 5.26 2.22 4.34 2.12
% of Variance 47.81 20.22 39.45 19.25

Note. Principle axis analysis with direct oblimin rotation. Factor loadings below .30 are omitted to ease interpretation.