Table 3.
Factor Loadings for 7-Factor Model
| Factor |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glob | Mem | Lang | VSp | Plan | Org | Div Att | |
| Remembering a few shopping items without a list. | 0.89 | 0.26 | |||||
| Remembering things that happened recently (such as recent outings, events in the news). | 0.83 | 0.45 | |||||
| Recalling conversations a few days later. | 0.83 | 0.47 | |||||
| Remembering where she/he has placed objects. | 0.87 | 0.21 | |||||
| Repeating stories and/or questions. | 0.82 | 0.47 | |||||
| Remembering the current date or day of the week. | 0.90 | 0.23 | |||||
| Remembering he/she has already told someone something. | 0.83 | 0.41 | |||||
| Remembering appointments, meetings, or engagements. | 0.90 | 0.17 | |||||
| Verbally giving instructions to others. | 0.73 | 0.55 | |||||
| Following a story in a book. | 0.78 | 0.45 | |||||
| Understanding the point of what other people are trying to say. | 0.72 | 0.55 | |||||
| Describing a program he/she has watched on TV. | 0.81 | 0.45 | |||||
| Understanding spoken directions or instructions. | 0.75 | 0.44 | |||||
| Forgetting the names of objects | 0.63 | 0.63 | |||||
| Finding the right words to use in a conversation. | 0.55 | 0.71 | |||||
| Remembering the meaning of common words. | 0.68 | 0.62 | |||||
| Communicating thoughts in a conversation. | 0.65 | 0.67 | |||||
| Following a map to find a new location. | 0.82 | 0.56 | |||||
| Reading a map and helping with directions when someone else is driving. | 0.84 | 0.51 | |||||
| Finding his/her car in a parking lot. | 0.91 | 0.25 | |||||
| Finding the way back to a meeting spot in the shopping mall or other location. | 0.94 | 0.23 | |||||
| Finding his/her way around a familiar neighborhood. | .89 | 0.35 | |||||
| Finding his/her way around a familiar store. | .90 | 0.37 | |||||
| Finding his/her way around a house visited many times. | .89 | 0.33 | |||||
| Planning the sequence of stops on a shopping trip. | .95 | 0.20 | |||||
| The ability to anticipate weather changes and plan accordingly. | .86 | 0.27 | |||||
| Developing a schedule in advance of anticipated events. | .91 | 0.29 | |||||
| Thinking ahead. | .80 | 0.58 | |||||
| Thinking things through before acting. | .87 | 0.42 | |||||
| Keeping living and work space organized. | .74 | 0.46 | |||||
| Balancing the checkbook without error. | .91 | 0.35 | |||||
| Keeping financial records organized. | .91 | 0.38 | |||||
| Prioritizing tasks by importance. | .90 | 0.36 | |||||
| Using an organized strategy to manage a medication schedule. | .91 | 0.23 | |||||
| Keeping mail and papers organized. | .85 | 0.38 | |||||
| The ability to do two things at once. | .85 | 0.42 | |||||
| Returning to a task after being interrupted. | .88 | 0.37 | |||||
| The ability to concentrate on a task without being distracted by external things in the environment. | .84 | 0.42 | |||||
| Cooking or working and talking at the same time. | .85 | 0.44 | |||||
Note. All factor loadings are statistically significant (p < .05). Glob = global; Mem = memory; Lang = language; VSp = visual spatial; Plan = planning; Org = organization; Div Att = divided attention.