TABLE 1.
Standardized factor loadings (λ) for the anticipated enjoyment for teaching from confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for the theoretical three-factor structure and alternative two-factor and one-factor structure (displayed in Figure 2) with fit indices.
| Standardized factor loading |
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| Item | Three-factor | Two-factor | One-factor |
| If you think about your future time as a teacher, how strongly would you confirm with the following statements? | |||
| I generally enjoy teaching the topic of the return of the wolf. (WEMOJOY1) | 0.846 | 0.845 | 0.844 |
| I generally have so much fun teaching about the topic of the return of the wolf that I gladly prepare and teach my lessons. (WEMOJOY2) | 0.872 | 0.878 | 0.879 |
| I often have reasons to be happy while I teach about the return of the wolf. (WEMOJOY3) | 0.798 | 0.790 | 0.787 |
| I generally teach about the return of the wolf with enthusiasm. (WEMOJOY4) | 0.945 | 0.930 | 0.924 |
| I generally enjoy teaching the topic of climate change. (CEMOJOY1) | 0.827 | 0.431 | 0.439 |
| I generally have so much fun teaching about the topic of climate change that I gladly prepare and teach my lessons. (CEMOJOY2) | 0.907 | 0.449 | 0.458 |
| I often have reasons to be happy while I teach about the topic of climate change. (CEMOJOY3) | 0.555 | 0.363 | 0.369 |
| I generally teach about the topic of climate change with enthusiasm. (CEMOJOY4) | 0.935 | 0.435 | 0.443 |
| I generally enjoy teaching the topic of preimplantation genetic diagnosis. (PEMOJOY1) | 0.883 | 0.878 | 0.121n.s. |
| I generally have so much fun teaching about the topic of preimplantation genetic diagnosis that I gladly prepare and teach my lessons. (PEMOJOY2) | 0.755 | 0.757 | 0.077n.s. |
| I often have reasons to be happy while I teach about the topic of preimplantation genetic diagnosis. (PEMOJOY3) | 0.595 | 0.597 | 0.130n.s. |
| I generally teach about the topic of preimplantation genetic diagnosis with enthusiasm. (PEMOJOY4) | 0.885 | 0.886 | 0.171n.s. |
| Model fit | |||
| χ2 test (degrees of freedom) | 94.533 (51) | 411.045 (53) | 674.484 (54) |
| Robust comparative fit index | 0.96 | 0.69 | 0.45 |
| Robust root mean square error of approximation | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.29 |
| Standardized root mean square residual | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.23 |
n.s. = not significant loading of the item. The definitions in brackets show the name of the respective items and were not part of the questionnaire.