Table 5.
CAPS Items and Factor Loading After Principal Components Analysis (Oblimin Rotation) of Response from Nonclinical Sample
| Component |
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| Item | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26. Do you ever think that everyday things look abnormal to you? | .666 | ||
| 4. Do you ever see shapes, lights, or colors even though there is nothing really there? | .648 | ||
| 32. Do you ever hear sounds or music that people near you don't hear? | .566 | ||
| 10. Do you ever have the sensation that your limbs might not be your own or might not be properly connected to your body? | .546 | −.311 | |
| 12. Do you ever feel that someone is touching you, but when you look nobody is there? | .534 | ||
| 24. Do you ever have the feeling of being uplifted, as if driving or rolling over a road while sitting quietly ? | .502 | ||
| 2. Do you ever sense the presence of another being, despite being unable to see any evidence? | .453 | ||
| 1. Do you ever notice that sounds are much louder than they normally would be? | .441 | ||
| 16. Do you ever find that sounds are distorted in strange or unusual ways? | .441 | ||
| 27. Do you ever find that your experience of time changes dramatically? | .433 | ||
| 6. Do you ever hear noises or sounds when there is nothing about to explain them? | .400 | ||
| 23. Do you ever have days where lights or colors seem brighter or more intense than usual? | .389 | −.306 | |
| 9. Do you ever have the sensation that your body, or a part of it, is changing or has changed shape? | |||
| 30. Do you ever notice that food or drink seems to have an unusual taste? | −.722 | ||
| 18. Do you ever smell everyday odors and think that they are unusually strong ? | −.711 | ||
| 29. Do you ever notice smells or odors that people next to you seem unaware of? | −.641 | ||
| 21. Do you ever think that food or drink tastes much stronger than it normally would? | −.639 | ||
| 14. Do you ever experience unexplained tastes in your mouth? | −.614 | ||
| 25. Do you ever find that common smells sometimes seem unusually different? | −.493 | ||
| 20. Do you ever find that your skin is more sensitive to touch, heat, or cold than usual ? | −.486 | ||
| 8. Do you ever detect smells which don't seem to come from your surroundings? | −.458 | ||
| 15. Do you ever find that sensations happen all at once and flood you with information? | −.334 | ||
| 22. Do you ever look in the mirror and think that your face seems different from usual? | −.315 | ||
| 17. Do you ever have difficulty distinguishing one sensation from another? | −.308 | ||
| 7. Do you ever hear your own thoughts spoken aloud in your head, so that someone near might be able to hear them? | .674 | ||
| 11. Do you ever hear voices commenting on what you are thinking or doing? | .641 | ||
| 3. Do you ever hear your own thoughts repeated or echoed? | .607 | ||
| 31. Do you ever see things that other people cannot? | .384 | .443 | |
| 5. Do you ever experience unusual burning sensations or other strange feelings in or on your body? | .367 | ||
Note: Factor loadings below 0.3 are not shown.