Table 3.
Results from the exploratory factorial analysis.
| PAQ items | Factor loading | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (436) | Male (134) | Female (302) | ||||
| F1 | F2 | F1 | F2 | F1 | F2 | |
| Factor 1: masculinity-instrumentality (M) | ||||||
| Independent | 0.09 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 0.36 | 0.16 | 0.49 |
| Active | 0.34 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.44 |
| Competitive | −0.13 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.41 | −0.13 | 0.32 |
| Can make decisions easily | −0.13 | 0.63 | 0.15 | 0.68 | −0.20 | 0.65 |
| Never gives up | −0.01 | 0.43 | 0.19 | 0.41 | −0.04 | 0.43 |
| Self-confident | −0.01 | 0.71 | 0.01 | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.72 |
| Feels superior | −0.04 | 0.66 | 0.13 | 0.58 | −0.01 | 0.66 |
| Stands up well under pressure | 0.04 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0.06 | 0.49 |
| Factor 2: femininity-expressivity (F) | ||||||
| Emotional | 0.48 | −0.26 | 0.48 | −0.35 | 0.50 | −0.24 |
| Able to devote self completely to others | 0.51 | −0.21 | 0.45 | −0.18 | 0.54 | −0.25 |
| Gentle | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.55 | −0.19 | 0.26 | 0.10 |
| Helpful to others | 0.62 | 0.03 | 0.77 | −0.15 | 0.61 | 0.00 |
| Kind | 0.74 | 0.00 | 0.80 | −0.09 | 0.80 | −0.07 |
| Aware of feelings of others | 0.59 | 0.06 | 0.51 | 0.15 | 0.62 | 0.03 |
| Understanding of others | 0.68 | 0.09 | 0.73 | 0.12 | 0.66 | 0.06 |
| Warm in relation with others | 0.53 | 0.20 | 0.61 | 0.08 | 0.52 | 0.20 |
F = Factor. The extraction method was Diagonally Weighted Least Squares (RDWLS) with an oblique (Promin) rotation. Factor loadings above than 0.30 are in bold. KMO = 0.80; KMO male = 0.77; KMO female = 0.80.