Table 1.
Factor Analysis of the Panic Buying Scale (PBS).
| Item | M (SD) | Factor Loading |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fear drives me to buy things to stock at home. | 2.05 (1.51) | .88 |
| 2. The fear of not having the products that I need leads me to buying more things. | 1.95 (1.47) | .86 |
| 3. I panic when I think that essential products may run out from the shelves, so, that is why I prefer to buy them in bulk. | 1.72 (1.32) | .82 |
| 4. Fear drives me to buy more than I usually do. | 1.85 (1.38) | .79 |
| 5. Panic makes me buy more things than I usually do. | 1.67 (1.30) | .77 |
| 6. One way to relieve the feeling of uncertainty is to make sure that I have a good amount of the products that I need at home. | 2.48 (1.73) | .71 |
| 7. The feeling of uncertainty influences my buying habits. | 2.84 (2.05) | .60 |
| KMO | .92 | |
| Bartlett's Test of Sphericity | 1751.60∗ | |
| Eingenvalue | 4.65 | |
| McDonald's ω | .92 | |
| Cronbach's α | .90 | |
| Gutmann's λ | .91 | |
| Variance Explained | 66.37% |
Note: ∗p < .001; Extraction Method: Principal Axis Factoring.