Table 3.

Item information function of the Multidimensional Assessment of COVID-19-Related Fears (MAC-RF) at different values of θ (from −2.8 to 2.8).

Item	Facet of fear	−2.8	−2.4	−2.0	−1.6	−1.2	−0.8	−0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.6	2.0	2.4	2.8
1	Fear of the body	0.04	0.07	0.15	0.29	0.51	0.77	0.97	1.06	1.09	1.09	1.09	1.05	0.94	0.72	0.46
2	Fear for the body	0.01	0.02	0.07	0.25	0.81	2.00	2.91	3.04	3.10	3.10	2.99	2.54	1.27	0.43	0.12
3	Fear of others	0.11	0.23	0.44	0.76	1.05	1.18	1.21	1.24	1.25	1.23	1.18	1.16	1.06	0.78	0.47
4	Fear for others	0.19	0.39	0.72	1.08	1.27	1.33	1.37	1.37	1.35	1.29	1.11	0.77	0.43	0.21	0.09
5	Fear of knowing	0.08	0.11	0.14	0.17	0.20	0.23	0.25	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.26	0.26
6	Fear of not knowing	0.05	0.08	0.11	0.17	0.23	0.30	0.37	0.41	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.45	0.44	0.44
7	Fear of action	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.19	0.39	0.71	1.07	1.28	1.35	1.37	1.36	1.33	1.24	1.00	0.63
8	Fear of inaction	0.10	0.14	0.19	0.25	0.30	0.34	0.37	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.38	0.37	0.36	0.32
Test information:		1.59	2.08	2.92	4.15	5.77	7.86	9.52	10.06	10.23	10.20	9.86	8.96	7.04	5.20	3.79
Expected s.e.:		0.79	0.69	0.59	0.49	0.42	0.36	0.32	0.32	0.31	0.31	0.32	0.33	0.38	0.44	0.51