TABLE 1 in Psychometric Properties of Older Adults' Entomophobia and Arachnophobia Scale (OAEAS): Validating, Cutoff Points, IRT Analysis, and Its Measurement Invariance in Iranian Version

TABLE 1: Rotated factor matrix for OAEAS in three extracted models. ML modelPCA modelGLS modelItemsFactorFactorFactor1212121. I am always scared.0.5660.6070.5722. I am always afraid of alive species.0.5720.6070.5703. I am usually afraid of arthropods.0.7830.8000.7924. If I see an arthropod, I ask someone to kill it.0.6670.6830.6525. If I see an arthropod, I think it is attacking me.0.8180.8270.8176. If I see an arthropod, I am embarrassed (sweating and heart beating).0.6740.7160.6867. I’m afraid of the pain caused by arthropod bite/sting (whether it has a history or not).0.7150.7400.7168. If the arthropods are around me, I will escape.0.7510.7770.7559. I get nervous when someone says there is an arthropod in this space.0.6620.6990.66910. I disgust the arthropods.0.6700.6920.66411. Before entering a room, I check it for the being of arthropods or not.0.6230.6460.61112. If I come across an arthropod, I will not be able to remove it from my mind for a long time.0.6730.6970.66813. I am afraid to enter a room where there is an arthropod.0.8260.8320.82614. Fear of arthropods is one of my worst fears.0.4030.4110.40115. I can imagine myself caring for arthropods.0.3130.3170.30816. I can distinguish arthropods from other small animals like them.0.2280.3130.30017. I have been among arthropods.0.4400.7050.61818. I have awareness on biology of arthropods.0.6560.6610.54919. Arthropods play an important role in the ecosystem and are useful.0.5610.5440.41520. I am very interested in nature protection.0.2520.3470.305 Note: p> 0.05.