Table 2.

Factorial Weights, descriptive statistics, communalities, and coefficients of discrimination

	Components
	1	2	3	Average	SD	h2	item-rest
1. I think I invest more than is healthy in my commitment to my studies	0.76	-0.04	-0.11	4.07	1.59	0.59	0.58
4. I neglect my personal life to pursue great accomplishments in studying	0.81	0.13	0.16	3.26	1.77	0.70	0.68
7. I am endangering my health in pursuing good results in my studies	0.88	0.12	0.07	2.98	1.84	0.79	0.78
10. I ignore my own needs to satisfy the requirements of my studies	0.84	0.09	0.16	2.98	1.75	0.73	0.73
3. When the results of my studies are not good at all, I stop making an effort	0.01	0.77	0.04	2.25	1.41	0.59	0.59
6. I give up in response to an obstacle in my studies	0.17	0.78	0.08	2.14	1.35	0.63	0.63
9. I give up when faced with any difficulty in my tasks as a student	-0.03	0.81	0.26	1.85	1.06	0.73	0.70
12. When the effort invested in studying is not enough, I give up	0.13	0.80	0.15	2.03	1.22	0.69	0.66
2. I would like to study something else that would be more challenging to my abilities	-0.06	-0.07	0.80	2.73	1.65	0.65	0.53
5. I feel that my current studies are hampering the development of my abilities	0.21	0.39	0.71	2.32	1.35	0.70	0.66
8. I would like to study something else in which I could better develop my talent	0.02	0.13	0.86	2.41	1.61	0.76	0.72
11. My studies do not provide me with opportunities to develop my abilities	0.22	0.32	0.72	2.37	1.45	0.68	0.64

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis with Varimax rotation. SD = standard deviation. Item-rest = coefficient of item-rest discrimination according to factorial solution. h² = communalities.