Table 2.

Factor loadings of the six-factor W-DEQ structure, reliability and distribution

Item no.	Factor/ item	Norway	Israel
		α, M ± SD, actual range/ standardized factor loadings	α, M ± SD, actual range/ standardized factor loadings
Fear		0.81, 2.59 ± 0.87, 0–5	0.75,2.64 ± 0.9, 0–5
6	Afraid	0.72	0.61
12	Tense	0.62	0.54
19	Panic	0.85	0.83
20	Hopelessness	0.73	0.67
24	Pain	0.42	0.53
27	Lose control	0.51	0.28
Negative appraisal		0.87, 1.47 ± 0.97, 0–5	0.84, 1.22 ± 0.92, 0–5
1	Not fantastic	0.63	0.58
13	Not glad	0.84	0.65
14	Not proud	0.84	0.76
18	Not happy	0.86	0.88
Loneliness		0.81, 0.75 ± 0.89, 0–5	0.82, 0.49 ± 0.77, 0–5
3	Lonely	0.74	0.71
7	Deserted	0.84	0.90
15	Abandoned	0.70	0.77
Lack of self-efficacy		0.82, 2.10 ± 0.77, 0–4.86	0.73, 0.75 ± 0.75, 0–4.67
4	Not strong	0.69	0.77
5	Not confident	0.75	0.90
9	Not safe	0.60	0.48
10	Not independent	0.63	0.54
16	Not composed	0.48	0.31
22	No self-confidence	0.73	0.73
26	Not let happen	0.49	0.02
Lack of positive anticipation		0.75, 0.75 ± 0.75, 0–4	0.78, 0.52 ± 0.75, 0–4.67
28	Not joyful	0.62	0.66
29	Not natural	0.87	0.78
30	Not obvious	0.66	0.78
Concerns for the child		0.88, 0.81 ± 1.15, 0–5	0.88, 1.49 ± 1.42, 0–5
32	Fantasies that child will die	0.84	0.97
33	Fantasies that child will be injured	0.93	0.81

Comment: All parameters were significant except for item 26 in the Israeli data