Table 3.
Factor loadings and congruent coefficients of the Italian PANAS with the American loadings (Watson et al., 1988).
| PANAS descriptor | State |
Variable Congruence | Trait |
Variable Congruence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA | NA | PA | NA | |||
| Determined (determinato) | .73 | .00 | .99 | .74 | −.10 | .99 |
| Active (attivo) | .70 | −.03 | .99 | .68 | −.06 | .99 |
| Interested (interessato) | .55 | −.15 | .99 | .65 | −.03 | .99 |
| Attentive (attento) | .63 | −.16 | .97 | .65 | .02 | .97 |
| Enthusiastic (entusiasta) | .70 | −.08 | .99 | .64 | −.15 | .99 |
| Concentrating (concentrato) | .58 | −.19 | .99 | .61 | −.04 | .99 |
| Strong (forte) | .58 | .03 | .99 | .60 | −.22 | .99 |
| Inspired (ispirato) | .66 | −.04 | .95 | .59 | .04 | .99 |
| Excited (eccitato) | .53 | .14 | .90 | .58 | .14 | .94 |
| Proud (orgoglioso) | .62 | .18 | .99 | .54 | .09 | .99 |
| Afraid (impaurito) | −.08 | .73 | .98 | −.06 | .75 | .99 |
| Upset (turbato) | −.04 | .67 | .99 | −.08 | .75 | .99 |
| Nervous (nervoso) | −.03 | .78 | .99 | .07 | .75 | .99 |
| Jittery (agitato) | .06 | .80 | .99 | .03 | .75 | .99 |
| Scared (spaventato) | −.12 | .70 | .99 | −.07 | .73 | .99 |
| Distressed (angosciato) | −.05 | .69 | .99 | −.11 | .73 | .99 |
| Guilty (colpevole) | −.02 | .49 | .98 | −.05 | .59 | .99 |
| Ashamed (vergogna) | −.02 | .47 | .99 | −.15 | .58 | .99 |
| Irritable (irritabile) | .02 | .62 | .96 | .09 | .56 | .92 |
| Hostile (ostile) | −.01 | .53 | .99 | .06 | .52 | .97 |
| Factor/total congruence | .98 | .97 | .97 | .98 | .99 | .98 |
Note. Italian translations are given in parentheses. PA = Positive Affect; NA = Negative Affect. Loadings over.40 are given in boldface.