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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2011 Mar 14;31(5):730–741. doi: 10.1177/0272989X11398666

Table 3.

Factor Loadings of the Final DMCI Items

Item Self-Control Absence of
Control
Others’
Control
Uniquenessa
5. I made this decision. .82 .08 −.01 .28
19. I was not the one to choose.* .76 .03 .21 .23
24. The decision was up to me. .75 .04 .05 .38
2. I was powerless in the face of this decision.* .06 .93 −.14 .17
16. I was not in control of this decision.* .36 .44 .16 .43
13. I was passive in the face of this decision.* −.02 .40 .15 .78
18. Others made this decision against my wishes.* .12 −.13 .97 .06
15. The decision about the protocol was inappropriately influenced by others.* −.09 .16 .46 .73
3. Someone took this decision away from me.* .15 .29 .34 .62
*

Item was reverse-scored prior to factor analysis.

a

Uniqueness refers to the proportion of an item’s total variance that is not accounted for by the factors.