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Table 2 I-CVR and I-CVI for the PES items

From: Investigating the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Psychological Emptiness Scale (PES) among nursing students

Item No.

I-CVI

I-CVR

1

Felt unable to feel emotions (e.g., joy, happiness, anger, sadness)

1

0.66

2

Felt indifferent to anything that goes on around you

1

0.83

3

Felt that anything that you might do is pointless

1

1

4

Felt that you are nothing

1

0.66

5

Felt empty inside (e.g., feeling like an “empty shell”)

0.92

0.66

6

Felt emotionally numb

0.92

0.66

7

Felt that positive things such as love or joy do not stick to you, that they just pass through you

1

0.66

8

Felt that you are just going through the motions

1

0.83

9

Had a sense of an inner void that cannot be filled

1

0.83

10

Had neither desires nor motivations

1

0.66

11

Felt incapable of doing anything right

0.92

0.66

12

Felt that you had no impact on others

1

0.83

13

Felt that you are just a burden to other people

0.92

0.66

14

Feeling somehow detached from reality, that you are not fully part of the world

1

0.66

15

Felt that you just ‘exist’, but are not really ‘alive’

0.92

1

16

Felt that between you and the outside world there is some sort of barrier (e.g., a fog, a veil, a chasm or gulf)

1

0.83

17

Felt that you had nothing to offer the world, that you are worthless

1

0.83

18

Lacked a sense of direction in life

0.92

0.83

19

Were disengaged, and not really caring about anything

1

0.66