Table 2.
Item | China | Belgium | ||
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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.