Table 3 Psychometric properties of the developed subscales and their items^

Anxiety

0.83

0.68

A5

Anxiety about being stung when being at school

0.72

0.72

−0.36-0.59

0.71

AA

Anxiety when seeing an insect that could sting you close to you when you are playing with your peers

0.76

0.69

−0.41-0.64

0.69

A8

Anxiety on being told that an insect that could sting you is flying behind you;

0.79

0.66

−0.27-0.67

0.65

Caution

0.83

0.66

C1

Looking out for stinging insects

0.78

0.66

−0.40-0.64

0.64

C2

Going away when seing a stinging insect

0.73

0.72

−0.27-0.56

0.69

C4

Running away from a place where have seen a stinging insect

0.77

0.67

−0.38-0.63

0.65

Limitations

0.82

0.68

L7

Regret due to not being able to do some things for fear of being stung during school holidays, season breaks or other forms of time off school

0.73

0.70

−0.26-0.61

0.68

L5

Regret due to avoiding places where insects appear

0.74

0.72

−0.33-0.53

0.71

LA

Regret due to not playing with your peers because you thought you could be stung at that time

0.80

0.64

−0.30-0.60

0.66

Discomfort

0.83

0.84

DB

Discomfort due to thinking about how to avoid being stung

0.79

0.66

−0.38-0.63

0.63

D2

Discomfort due to looking out for insects when you are out of doors

0.82

0.63

−0.37-0.54

0.61

D8

Discomfort due to looking out for insects that could sting you when you are with your peers

0.67

0.76

−0.34-0.65

0.71

Support

0.79

0.62

S4

Talking to parents about risks that you face when you are stung

0.78

0.59

−0.42-0.58

0.59

S3

Parents try to ease your fear of being stung when they are talking to you

0.54

0.78

−0.26-0.67

0.70

S7

After talking to your parents, feeling that they know well about the way your peers treat you because of your fear of being stung

0.78

0.59

−0.14-0.49

0.57

Feeling of safety

0.72

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FA

Thinking that something bad may happen after you have been stung *

0.64

0.54

−0.27--0.04

-

F5

Thinking that after being stung you will soon feel as well as before that

0.67

0.49

−0.43--0.37

-

F7

Thinking that being stung puts somebody’s health at risk *

0.64

0.54

−0.30--0.12

-

FB

Thinking that you will get soon feel well after you have been stung

0.68

0.47

−0.34--0.21

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