Table 3.
Six Component Principal Components Analysis Solution
| Component
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YBOCS Category/Item | Primary Symptom | Contamination & Washing | Hoarding | Sexuality & Reassurance | Aggression & Mental | Symmetry & Perfectionism | Doubt & Checking |
| Obsession: Contamination | 56.8% | .813 | -.080 | -.030 | .050 | .115 | -.142 |
| Compulsion: Washing | 51.4% | .801 | -.032 | -.023 | -.020 | .195 | .039 |
| Obsession: Somatic | 8.1% | .483 | .225 | -.079 | .410 | -.140 | .188 |
| Obsession: Hoarding | 32.4% | .078 | .833 | .250 | .113 | -.072 | -.138 |
| Compulsion: Hoarding | 33.8% | -.102 | .806 | .088 | .147 | .135 | .016 |
| Obsession: Losing Something | 12.2% | .049 | .521 | -.011 | .052 | .451 | .315 |
| Obsession: Know or Remember | 14.9% | .046 | .093 | .753 | .090 | -.146 | -.279 |
| Compulsion: Reassurance | 6.8% | -.178 | .008 | .624 | -.016 | .031 | .272 |
| Compulsion: Repeating | 13.5% | .093 | .231 | .587 | .063 | .109 | .080 |
| Obsession: Sexual | 10.8% | -.172 | -.079 | .446 | .391 | -.037 | .336 |
| Obsession: Impulsive Aggression | 8.1% | .031 | .100 | -.020 | .778 | .125 | .055 |
| Compulsion: Listmaking | 10.8% | .015 | .297 | .117 | .536 | -.005 | -.016 |
| Compulsion: Mental | 24.3% | -.427 | -.040 | .338 | .481 | .203 | -.259 |
| Compulsion: Counting | 8.1% | .173 | -.358 | .211 | .453 | .181 | -.171 |
| Obsession: Symmetry | 25.7% | .385 | .082 | .087 | .044 | .702 | .175 |
| Obsession: Misunderstood | 12.2% | -.080 | .080 | -.114 | .203 | .698 | .031 |
| Compulsion: Ordering | 29.7% | .530 | -.136 | .172 | -.146 | .620 | .058 |
| Obsession: Unintentional Harm | 20.3% | -.195 | -.079 | -.024 | -.047 | -.016 | .786 |
| Obsession: Scrupulosity | 9.5% | .325 | .079 | .433 | .162 | -.006 | .491 |
| Compulsion: Checking | 44.6% | .339 | .105 | .127 | -.010 | .008 | .474 |
YBOCS = Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Primary Symptom = Evaluators identified up to three obsessions and three compulsions that were of primary clinical concern for each participant.