Table 3.
Final items and factor loadings from exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)
| Threat cognitions | CFA loadings |
|---|---|
| Depression | |
| 1. I will embarrass myself | 0.812 |
| 2. I will fail | 0.842 |
| Social anxiety | |
| 3. People will judge me negatively | 0.913 |
| 4. I will be rejected | 0.842 |
| Panic | |
| 5. I will panic | 0.857 |
| 6. I will lose control | 0.846 |
| Social reference | |
| 7. Everyone will watch me | 0.881 |
| 8. People will laugh at me | 0.886 |
| Harming others | |
| 9. I will become verbally aggressive | 0.774 |
| 11. I will physically harm someone else | 0.693 |
| Persecution | |
| 10. People will try to upset me | 0.759 |
| 12. People will harm me physically | 0.651 |
| Voices | |
| 13. I won’t be able to cope with voices | 0.896 |
| 14. Voices will harm me in some way | 0.826 |