Table 2 Standardised Estimates of Factor Loadings from the Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Birchwood Insight Scale

BIS 1

Some of the symptoms were made by my mind.

0.14

-

-

0.13

-

-

0.11

BIS 2

I am mentally well.

0.09

-

0.13

-

0.15

-

-

BIS 3

I do not need medication.

0.56

0.57

0.99

-

-

0.63

-

BIS 4

My stay in hospital was necessary.

0.52

0.51

0.56

-

-

-

0.33

BIS 5

The doctor is right in prescribing mediation for me.

0.60

0.61

0.49

-

-

0.78

-

BIS 6

I do not need to be seen by a doctor or psychiatrist.

0.39

0.39

0.36

-

0.98

-

-

BIS 7

If someone said I had a nervous or mental illness then they would be right.

0.55

0.55

0.51

-

0.30

-

-

BIS 8

None of the unusual things I experienced are due to an illness.

0.53

0.52

-

0.61

-

-

0.86

χ²/df

2.12

1.27

RMSEA

0.08

0.04

SRMR

0.06

0.04

CFI

0.84

0.98

TLI

0.78

0.97