Parallel exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the Hungarian Fear of COVID-19 Scale in a large general population sample: a psychometric and dimensionality evaluation

Table 4 One and two-factor EFA results

EFA model	One-factor model		Two-factor model
Items (question)	Communality (h²)	Factor matrix (1 factor loading)	Communality (h²)	Factor matrix
Items (question)	Communality (h²)	Factor matrix (1 factor loading)	Communality (h²)	1-physiological factor	2-emotional factor
Item-1	0.389	0.575	0.536	-	0.698
Item-2	0.380	0.558	0.680		0.874
Item-5	0.540	0.691	0.593		0.587
Item-3	0.560	0.760	0.563	0.640	-
Item-4	0.691	0.819	0.666	0.605
Item-6	0.595	0.828	0.803	0.967
Item-7	0.667	0.857	0.787	0.890

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