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. 2008 Dec 15;67(3):163–173. doi: 10.1159/000181154

Table 3.

Clinical dimensions obtained from SANS and SAPS. Item loadings after VARIMAX rotation. Bold type indicates the item loadings that contribute to each dimension (an item loading is counted into a specific dimension if its value >0.4).

Dimension
1 2 3 4 5 6
Affective flattening and alogia Auditory, somatic and visual hallucinations, and first rank and paranoid delusions Formal thought disorders Avolition and social isolation Bizarre behaviour Olfactory hallucinations and other delusions
Eigenvalue 12.5 7.3 3.7 2.04 1.9 1.5
% of variance 25.1 14.7 7.3 4.1 3.7 3
Items Facial expression 0.80 0.05 0.003 0.37 0.03 0.004
Spontaneous movements 0.83 0.01 −0.04 0.23 0.02 −0.09
Expressive gestures 0.84 0.04 −0.05 0.34 0.01 0.01
Eye contact 0.79 0.04 0.09 0.20 0.17 −0.10
Affective non-responsiveness 0.79 0.04 0.001 0.34 0.09 0.005
Vocal inflections 0.84 −0.009 0.02 0.27 0.07 0.11
Poverty of speech 0.74 −0.09 0.13 0.19 0.35 −0.03
Poverty of content 0.64 −0.10 0.31 0.27 0.24 0.10
Blocking 0.49 0.09 0.33 −0.08 0.25 0.05
Latency of response 0.71 −0.02 0.14 0.07 0.27 −0.13
Grooming and hygiene 0.38 0.07 0.13 0.34 0.42 0.17
Impersistence at work 0.23 −0.01 0.04 0.60 0.20 0.08
Physical anergia 0.37 0.08 0.07 0.64 0.01 −0.04
Recreational interests 0.36 0.16 0.07 0.71 0.073 −0.04
Sexual interest 0.38 0.05 0.02 0.66 0.01 0.05
Intimacy and closeness 0.38 0.12 0.11 0.67 0.15 0.07
Relationship with friends 0.37 0.11 0.08 0.72 0.03 0.03
Social inattentiveness 0.49 0.001 0.34 0.33 0.42 0.02
Inattentiveness during testing 0.30 −0.05 0.26 0.29 0.46 0.03
Auditory hallucinations −0.13 0.72 0.06 0.24 0.16 0.07
Voices commenting −0.20 0.75 0.11 0.16 0.09 −0.03
Voices conversing −0.08 0.75 0.16 0.15 0.08 0.09
Somatic hallucinations 0.03 0.51 0.12 0.18 0.13 0.41
Olfactory hallucinations 0.01 0.29 0.05 0.26 0.06 0.48
Visual hallucinations −0.02 0.50 0.06 0.12 0.19 0.39
Persecutory delusions −0.07 0.75 0.04 0.16 0.17 0.12
Delusions of jealously 0.08 0.05 −0.03 −0.12 0.16 0.55
Delusions of guilt −0.12 0.08 0.02 0.0001 0.12 0.46
Grandiose delusions −0.05 0.08 0.06 0.03 0.05 0.61
Religious delusions 0.002 0.19 0.04 −0.02 −0.09 0.68
Somatic delusions 0.002 0.37 0.17 0.15 0.07 0.52
Delusions of reference −0.07 0.71 −0.04 0.09 0.17 0.11
Delusions of being controlled 0.06 0.77 0.19 0.01 0.06 0.16
Delusions of mind reading 0.14 0.78 0.06 −0.08 −0.004 0.12
Thought broadcasting 0.14 0.75 0.07 −0.13 −0.01 0.07
Thought insertion 0.13 0.78 0.04 −0.03 0.004 0.13
Thought withdrawal 0.15 0.77 0.06 −0.14 −0.06 0.10
Clothing and appearance 0.24 0.21 0.23 −0.12 0.57 0.07
Social and sexual behaviour 0.22 0.25 0.17 0.08 0.59 0.15
Aggressive behaviour 0.09 0.26 0.02 0.13 0.49 0.20
Stereotyped behaviour 0.19 0.11 0.05 0.21 0.54 0.29
Derailment 0.26 0.21 0.74 0.08 0.01 0.22
Tangentiality 0.27 0.16 0.66 0.15 0.06 0.26
Incoherence 0.27 0.04 0.76 −0.01 0.08 0.11
Illogicality 0.25 0.14 0.71 0.02 −0.005 0.19
Circumstantiality −0.19 0.14 0.68 −0.04 0.05 −0.07
Pressure of speech −0.26 0.10 0.60 0.09 0.04 0.04
Distractible speech 0.16 −0.04 0.61 0.16 0.33 −0.06
Clanging −0.06 0.04 0.54 0.07 0.26 −0.15
Inappropriate affect 0.17 0.09 0.48 −0.05 0.51 −0.06