| |
Mean |
SD |
Factor 1 |
Factor 2 |
Factor 3 |
Factor 4 |
Total |
| Factor 1: Panic/Fatalistic response to food contamination : (Strongly Disagree=1, somewhat Disagree=2, Somewhat Agree=3 Strongly agree=4) |
| I will certainly die if I get sickened by contaminated food |
2.55 |
1.06 |
0.816 |
|
|
|
|
| Consuming contaminated food will kill me immediately |
2.47 |
1.14 |
0.793 |
|
|
|
|
| USA food supply contamination may cause global catastrophe |
2.70 |
1.16 |
0.696 |
|
|
|
|
| Deliberate food contamination threatens future generations |
2.85 |
1.13 |
0.643 |
|
|
|
|
| Deliberate food contamination can kill many people at once |
3.24 |
0.93 |
0.641 |
|
|
|
|
| Factor 2: Fearful response to food contamination : (Strongly Disagree=1, somewhat Disagree=2, Somewhat Agree=3 Strongly agree=4) |
| Deliberate food contamination frightening |
3.49 |
0.85 |
|
0.832 |
|
|
|
| Deliberate food contamination worrying |
3.55 |
0.81 |
|
0.817 |
|
|
|
| Deliberate food contamination angering |
3.71 |
0.71 |
|
0.622 |
|
|
|
| Deliberate food contamination saddening |
3.15 |
1.09 |
|
0.574 |
|
|
|
| Factor 3:Controlled response to food contamination :(Strongly Disagree=1, somewhat Disagree=2, Somewhat Agree=3 Strongly agree=4) |
| Widespread damage from food contamination is controllable |
3.08 |
0.93 |
|
|
0.791 |
|
|
| Risk of buying contaminated food can easily be reduced |
3.06 |
0.93 |
|
|
0.729 |
|
|
| There are things I can do to prevent death in a food contamination event |
3.25 |
0.96 |
|
|
0.557 |
|
|
| Factor 4:Sobering reaction to food contamination : (Strongly Disagree=1, somewhat Disagree=2, Somewhat Agree=3 Strongly agree=4) |
| Food contamination risk is increasing |
2.44 |
1.02 |
|
|
|
0.680 |
|
| I can think calmly about food terrorism |
2.98 |
1.05 |
|
|
|
0.530 |
|
| food contamination new type of risk |
3.13 |
0.99 |
|
|
|
0.482 |
Total |
| Percent of total Variance explained |
|
|
20.26 |
16.20 |
11.52 |
8.49 |
56.48 |
