Table 1.
Factor analysis performed on two variables assumed to measure independence and four variables assumed to measure interdependence. In both countries, one independence factor (personal control) and two interdependence factors (relational harmony and relational strain) were identified.
| US | Japan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mastery | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.88 | 0.02 | −0.10 | 0.80 |
| Control | −0.20 | 0.24 | 0.75 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.75 |
| Family support | −0.26 | 0.79 | 0.11 | 0.84 | −0.16 | 0.04 |
| Family strain | 0.81 | −0.26 | −0.05 | −0.18 | 0.85 | −0.03 |
| Friend support | 0.03 | 0.82 | 0.16 | 0.79 | 0.28 | 0.13 |
| Friend strain | 0.86 | 0.03 | −0.09 | 0.38 | 0.74 | 0.05 |
| % Variance | 37 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 22 | 17 |
Factor loadings that are greater than 0.7 are marked in bold.