Table 3.

Factor loadings derived from a 6-factor solution with varimax rotation (bolded items reflecting DSM-IV criteria for a depressive episode, and bolded italicized items reflecting those with a factor loading <0.40 in absolute value).

ITEM	Depressive mood	Psychomotor retardation	Suicidality	Drug/illness-related depression	Psychotic features	Neurovegetative symptoms
10. persistently sad or empty, blue or down in the dumps	0.713	0.281	0.098	−0.075	0.089	0.023
4. serious, introverted or gloomy	0.707	0.137	0.146	−0.142	0.159	0.165
25. lost interest in hobbies or sport	0.701	0.264	0.104	−0.175	0.054	0.201
13. purposeless, as if everything had lost its significance	0.690	0.332	0.209	−0.152	0.041	0.028
3. lonely	0.663	0.171	0.087	0.100	0.147	0.203
6. deeply annoyed	0.624	0.149	0.053	−0.131	0.137	0.200
22. difficulty making new friends	0.624	0.166	0.141	−0.125	−0.001	0.236
7. the littlest thing could make you sad?	0.589	0.214	0.135	−0.068	0.243	0.174
8. lost your capacity to laugh, have fun, enjoy your life?	0.586	0.203	0.343	−0.179	0.158	−0.076
21. lost pleasure in your social life	0.583	0.310	0.229	−0.112	−0.011	0.290
27. lost interest or pleasure in all or almost all the things you usually enjoyed	0.573	0.399	0.281	−0.138	0.050	0.099
5. bored	0.572	0.134	0.108	−0.190	0.147	0.213
12. constantly complaining	0.567	0.118	−0.175	−0.185	0.310	0.028
15. nothing you put on looked or felt right	0.561	0.237	−0.033	−0.113	0.096	0.060
26. indifferent about everything that happened to you or your family	0.557	0.260	0.007	−0.110	−0.057	0.192
1. frustrated and defeated	0.550	0.211	0.092	0.093	0.270	0.129
11. crying very easily	0.536	0.085	0.128	−0.136	0.114	−0.010
23. lost interest in your romantic life	0.510	0.197	0.125	−0.157	−0.057	0.247
9. you found it unusually hard to take rejections, particularly those involving friendships or romantic relationships?	0.479	0.144	0.046	−0.081	0.321	0.154
14. lost interest in how you looked	0.462	0.332	0.219	−0.169	−0.013	−0.038
2. nostalgic	0.457	0.082	0.117	0.080	0.223	0.062
84. disappointed in yourself	0.447	0.409	0.304	0.018	0.322	0.275
81. hypercritical or skeptical	0.316	0.145	0.090	0.122	0.294	0.205
59. physically “slowed down”	0.101	0.725	−0.040	−0.281	0.232	−0.062
62. passive, sluggish	0.325	0.718	0.068	0.055	0.089	0.102
58. difficulty starting to do anything	0.275	0.717	−0.042	−0.095	0.083	0.138
60. speech or thinking seemed slowed down	0.250	0.688	0.015	−0.131	0.047	0.074
65. fatigued weak, or tired for the smallest task	0.288	0.679	0.211	−0.125	0.186	0.111
63. trouble getting out of bed in the morning	0.190	0.630	0.183	0.087	0.022	0.236
89. your housework/performance deteriorated	0.241	0.612	0.162	0.001	0.125	0.229
61. time as passing very slowly, hanging heavy	0.217	0.594	0.083	−0.106	0.233	−0.006
64, difficulty take to care yourself	0.312	0.576	0.180	−0.053	0.048	0.079
90. difficulty making even minor decisions	0.334	0.574	0.039	−0.009	0.406	0.109
132. difficult to work in the early morning	0.180	0.524	0.113	−0.009	0.035	0.221
92. mentally dull or confused	0.163	0.505	0.147	−0.217	0.312	0.205
91. trouble thinking or concentrating	0.156	0.482	0.070	−0.117	0.431	0.220
101. using sleep as an escape	0.274	0.466	0.226	0.057	0.157	0.290
88. problems with your memory	0.169	0.393	0.089	−0.087	0.241	0.256
99. gloomy future	0.304	0.381	0.289	0.053	0.298	0.367
66. difficulty to sit still or lie down	0.054	0.322	−0.005	−0.043	0.322	0.152
106. suicide attempt	0.101	0.048	0.865	−0.004	0.107	−0.025
104. want to die or hurt yourself	0.276	0.177	0.783	−0.031	0.239	0.167
105. specific plan to hurt or kill yourself	0.207	0.092	0.756	0.035	0.132	0.029
107. suicide attempt requiring medical attention	0.134	0.100	0.730	−0.102	0.143	−0.006
103. wishing not to wake up in the morning	0.220	0.251	0.645	0.018	0.250	0.294
102. life was not worth living	0.360	0.320	0.578	−0.023	0.151	0.250
19. depressed when stopping any of these substances	0.235	0.098	0.039	−0.687	0.082	0.120
18. depressed when drinking lots of alcohol or using substances	0.330	−0.017	0.120	−0.635	−0.043	0.230
20. became depressed as a result of using alcohol, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety drugs, nicotine, caffeine, stimulants or similar substances even though you took them in order to feel better	0.210	0.089	0.164	−0.597	−0.015	0.182
17. depressed when taking medications	0.223	0.067	−0.216	−0.577	0.059	0.130
16. depressed during physical illnesses	0.237	0.117	−0.162	−0.466	0.095	0.040
95 you felt surrounded by hostility, as if everybody was against you	0.212	0.147	0.122	0.054	0.743	0.061
96. everyone was talking about you	0.204	0.142	0.064	−0.094	0.702	0.071
94.others were causing all of your problems	0.108	−0.007	0.065	0.031	0.610	−0.055
83. very vulnerable	0.233	0.373	0.211	0.085	0.568	0.133
97. heard voices	−0.190	0.118	0.243	−0.402	0.535	−0.190
93 you felt guilty or remorseful	0.218	0.246	0.237	0.085	0.523	0.309
85. body transformed	0.167	0.159	0.096	−0.196	0.386	−0.009
82. preoccupied with yourself and your own problems, thoughts and feelings	0.125	0.220	0.289	0.252	0.356	0.139
87. need to take refuge in religion or prayer	0.021	0.048	0.104	−0.081	0.348	0.137
98. heard voices clearly	−0.254	0.287	0.266	−0.466	0.299	−0.148
86. very preoccupied with money	0.229	0.151	0.092	−0.156	0.293	0.048
140. repeatedly wake up in the middle of the night and had difficulty falling sleep	−0.057	−0.061	0.018	−0.288	0.367	0.568
154. less sexually active	0.155	0.132	0.103	−0.166	0.028	0.524
155. difficulty becoming sexually aroused	0.156	0.210	−0.047	0.025	0.017	0.508
152. appetite/weight increased	0.213	0.192	0.126	−0.166	−0.003	0.500
153. appetite/weight decreased	0.299	0.155	0.060	0.031	−0.054	0.457
151. craving sweets or carbohydrates	0.279	0.123	−0.014	−0.037	0.082	0.453
139. repeated difficulty falling sleep	−0.011	0.090	−0.040	−0.108	0.379	0.446
141. repeatedly wake up much earlier	−0.032	−0.049	0.020	−0.254	0.303	0.442
142. need much more sleep	0.158	0.383	0.118	0.022	0.054	0.439
138. you felt sleepy all the time	0.184	0.390	0.045	0.036	0.178	0.434
150. no food that appealed	0.166	0.281	0.159	−0.177	0.015	0.305
100. wishing to run away from your current life	0.286	0.237	0.249	0.117	0.277	0.292