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Table 4 W-BQ12 loadings on forced 3-factor and 1-factor analyses ‡

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

Item (subscale)

Factors in forced 3-factor analysis

Forced 1-factor analysis

 

1

2

3

 

1: crying spells*(Negative Well-being)

-.357

.753

.185

-.732

2: downhearted* (Negative Well-being)

-.313

.575

.511

-.773

3: afraid no reason* (Negative Well-being)

-.125

.866

.127

-.603

4: upset panicky* (Negative Well-being)

-.248

.805

.213

-.698

5: energetic active (Energy)

.691

-.130

-.436

.763

6: dull sluggish* (Energy)

-.321

.260

.825

-.772

7: worn out* (Energy)

-.291

.210

.862

-.744

8: wake rested (Energy)

.646

-.135

-.449

.742

9: happy (Positive Well-being)

.711

-.325

-.327

.823

10: lived life wanted (Positive Well-being)

.769

-.287

-.176

.768

11: eager tackle tasks (Positive Well-being)

.829

-.172

-.285

.803

12: cope (Positive Well-being)

.772

-.350

-.093

.761

% variance

31.37

23.18

19.99

56.3

  1. ‡Principal Components extraction.
  2. *Negatively worded items, the raw scores of which have not been reversed.
  3. Salient loadings ≥ 0.4. Loadings in bold are highest loadings for an item; italicised loadings are salient, but not the highest loading.