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Table 4 Exploratory factor analysis of the Participation Scale (n = 256)

From: Validation of two scales for measuring participation and perceived stigma in Chinese community-based rehabilitation programs

 

Factor

1

2

3

4 Travel outside your neighborhood

.879

  

13 Visit public places

.874

  

12 Move around the house and village

.735

  

7 Socially active as peers

.652

  

6 Take part in social activities

.630

  

5 Take part in festivals

.578

  

14 Do household work

.444

  

18 Confident to learn and try new things

 

.889

 

17 Comfortable meeting new people

 

.887

 

8 Have same respect in the community

 

.691

 

16 Help other people

 

.454

 

10 Have opportunity to enter into /maintain long term relationship

 

.428

 

15 Opinion count in family discussion

 

.420

.331

9 Have opportunity to take care of oneself and others

 

.387

 

11 Visit other people in the community

.336

.340

 

1 Find job

  

.800

2 Work as hard as others

  

.751

3 Contribute to household economically

  

.555

  1. Note. Absolute values were blanked in the coefficient display when the factor loading was less than 0.30