Psychometric properties of two measures of psychological well-being in adult growth hormone deficiency

Table 2 GWBI loadings on unforced and forced 1-factor analyses^‡

Question	Factors in an unforced analysis			Forced 1-factor
	1	2	3
Q1 feel in general	.586	.532	.222	.821
Q2 bothered by nerves*	.669	.136	.104	.588
Q3 in firm control	.678	.459	.026	.772
Q4 sad hopeless*	.644	.373	.114	.724
Q5 under stress*	.638	.066	.395	.620
Q6 happy with personal life	.550	.486	.146	.740
Q7 losing control*	.711	.082	.126	.591
Q8 anxious upset*	.782	.220	.347	.801
Q9 wake up rested	.284	.699	.231	.718
Q10 illness pain*	.159	.304	.861	.592
Q11 life full of interest	.316	.675	.090	.678
Q12 disheartened sad*	.728	.382	.308	.853
Q13 stable sure	.618	.545	.057	.795
Q14 tired exhausted*	.351	.667	.374	.792
Q15 depressed*	.744	.395	.250	.853
Q16 tense*	.686	.365	.117	.749
Q17 well enough to do things	.286	.632	.408	.737
Q18 energy vitality	.147	.822	.275	.715
Q19 worries about health*	.289	.376	.762	.695
Q20 active vigorous	.194	.841	.265	.757
Q21 cheerful	.616	.590	.063	.825
Q22 relaxed	.645	.521	.109	.816
% of variance	30.8	25.9	11.0	55.1

^‡Principal Components extraction.
*Negatively worded item scores have been reversed for comparison with factor analyses conducted by Gaston and Vogl [22].
Salient loadings ≥ 0.4. Loadings in bold are highest loadings for an item; italicised loadings are salient, but not the highest loading.

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