Our exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed a two-factor model that consists of communication apprehension (seven items) and fear of failing (five items), although the first run of exploratory factor analysis produced six factors with an eigenvalue greater than 1.
For example, our study resulted in two factors of communication apprehension (seven items: 2, 3, 13, 20, 26, 27, and 31) and fear of failing (five items: 4, 10, 15, 25, and 30).
Particular items failing to contribute to the internal consistency sufficiently did not account for this, since removing any items did not result in discernable improvements in internal consistency.
A one-factor solution was not supported in either sample, with the positive items and some negative items failing to load adequately.
Missing items are simply a result of items failing to meet the criteria for a Mokken scale as outlined in the Methods section.
After initial evaluation of the original 10-item GSE, a stepwise process was used whereby items failing to meet criteria were removed one at a time, and only those meeting criteria in earlier steps advanced to subsequent steps.
A forced one-factor solution explained 33.4% of the variance, with all four positive items and the 'weight gain' item failing to load sufficiently.
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Inspection of the residuals and modification indices revealed no items failing to correlate or other required paths.
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