Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

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Table 1 Standardised factor loadings from the bi-factor model of the FVTS

From: The hierarchical structure of fear of personal death: from the general factor to specific forms

Item	General death anxiety	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6
1	0.64		0.06
2	0.28				0.37
3	0.67					0.43
4	0.48						0.16
5	0.31			1.00
6	0.22				0.57
7	0.49			0.06
8	0.27				0.44
9	0.45	0.67
10	0.37	0.44
11	0.41						0.56
12	0.79			0.18
13	0.46	0.62
14	0.54		0.61
15	0.38	0.70
16	0.30				0.52
17	0.72					0.49
18	0.50	0.60
19	0.58						0.59
20	0.46		0.50
21	0.41	0.53
22	0.74			0.21
23	0.45					0.32
24	0.41		0.47
25	0.50		0.53
26	0.62		0.21
27	0.56			−0.04
28	0.29						0.38
29	0.39	0.40
30	0.79			0.06
31	0.24				0.83
32	0.45						0.56
33	0.51					0.40
34	0.52						0.62
35	0.38				0.58
36	0.48		0.54
37	0.45					0.48
38	0.69					0.26
39	0.32				0.89
40	0.71					0.27
41	0.50						0.75
42	0.48	0.68
43	0.80		0.06
44	0.22			0.46
45	0.52						0.33
46	0.41					0.25
47	0.32				0.43
48	0.77			−0.02

F1 fear of encountering death; F2 fear of mortality; F3 fear of the end of one’s life; F4 fear of physical destruction; F5 fear of life after death; F6 fear of the process of dying

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