Table 2.

Writing strategies questionnaire item analysis.

Item	M	SD	Min.	Max.	Sk	K	αF	αQ	*Factor 1 planning	*Factor 2 revising
1. When I write a text, I spend a lot of time on thinking how to approach it.	3.41	0.85	1	5	0.01	−0.21	0.70	0.66	0.56
2. I always use an outline before I start to write.	2.44	1.21	1	5	0.47	−0.58	0.66	0.66	0.69
3. Before writing a text, I jot down some notes on a separate piece of paper. Later, I elaborate on these notes.	3.33	1.11	1	5	−0.25	−0.72	0.63	0.64	0.75
4. Before I start to write a text, I prefer to write down some thoughts on a separate piece of paper to discover what I think about the topic.	3.00	1.22	1	5	−0.50	−0.97	0.65	0.65	0.70
R5. Planning a text is not useful for me.	3.98	1.07	1	5	−0.79	−0.20	0.70	0.67	0.59
11. I have to have my thoughts clear before I’m able to start writing.	3.96	0.86	2	5	−0.46	−0.49	0.71	0.68	0.50
18. When I reread and rewrite my text, the structure of my text changes a lot.	2.79	0.91	1	5	0.41	−0.08	0.58	0.66		0.74
21. When I rewrite my texts, the content often changes a lot.	2.55	0.84	1	5	0.54	0.30	0.58	0.67		0.77
22. When I reread my texts, sometimes they are very chaotic.	2.47	0.95	1	5	0.41	−0.29	0.60	0.68		0.65
23. I have to reread the texts I wrote, to prevent redundancies.	3.67	1.02	1	5	−0.52	−0.26	0.68	0.68		0.34
26. When I am finished writing, I reread and improve a lot: I might change a lot in my text.	3.18	0.94	1	5	0.02	−0.38	0.59	0.65		0.67

Sk, skewness; K, kurtosis. ^RItems recoded in the analyses. α_F, change in Cronbach’s alpha of the factor the item belongs to if the item is removed; α_Q, change in Cronbach’s alpha of the questionnaire if the item is removed. ^*Factor loadings in EFA.