Table 2 COVID-related worry Mean (SD), factor loadings for 12 and 6 items.
Worries (1-don’t worry at all- 7-worry a lot) | Mean (SD) | Factor loadings 12-item one- factor model | Factor loadings 6-item one- factor model |
|---|---|---|---|
*Losing someone I love | 3.95 (1.63) | .70 | .74 |
*Becoming seriously ill from the virus | 3.29 (1.55) | .66 | .68 |
*Infecting others | 3.71 (1.67) | .62 | .65 |
Not being able to get the medicines or treatment that I need | 2.90 (1.64) | .62 | |
*Health system being overloaded | 3.70 (1.55) | .74 | .70 |
Economic recession in Norway | 4.60 (1.47) | .52 | |
Become unemployed | 2.33 (1.70) | .37 | |
Not be able to carry out plans that are important to me | 3.54 (1.65) | .53 | |
*Not be able to visit people who depend on me | 4.07 (1.71) | .66 | .62 |
The society will become more egoistic | 3.79 (1.66) | .52 | |
The welfare society will collapse? | 3.54 (1.65) | .56 | |
*A new outbreak of COVID-19 | 4.30 (1.52) | .77 | .79 |
Model fit | |||
χ2 | 683.51 | 59.38 | |
df | 54 | 9 | |
CFI | 0.85 | 0.98 | |
RMSEA | 0.11 | 0.07 | |