Table 1.
Factor Pattern Loadings for the 31 Items Included in the Final Five-Factor Exploratory Factor Analysis (Promax Rotation) of TCS Infant Crying Questionnaire (ICQ) data (N = 257).
| Factor name/ICQ Item | Factor | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Attachment (α = .83) | |||||
| C17. Want to make baby feel safe. | .85 | .09 | −.13 | .00 | −.13 |
| C15. Want to make baby feel better. | .79 | .08 | −.13 | .06 | −.01 |
| C19. Want to comfort baby. | .73 | .02 | −.04 | .08 | .07 |
| C3. Want to make baby feel secure/care for. | .68 | .06 | −.02 | .04 | −.05 |
| R11. I will make baby feel like he/she can rely on me. | .53 | −.10 | .07 | .01 | .07 |
| C1. Want baby to know he/she can rely on me for help. | .52 | −.01 | .12 | −.11 | −.10 |
| R15. I will make baby feel like I care about he/she feels. | .45 | .00 | .25 | −.05 | .18 |
| R7. I will make baby feel safe and secure. | .45 | −.09 | .20 | −.13 | .02 |
| Minimization (α = .76) | |||||
| C16. Want baby to stop b/c I can’t get anything else done. | −.01 | .68 | −.07 | −.02 | .07 |
| C4. Want to make baby stop so others aren’t disturbed. | −.01 | .65 | −.07 | −.07 | .17 |
| C18. Want baby to stop b/c crying doesn’t accomplish anything. | .01 | .62 | .17 | −.08 | −.05 |
| C2. Want to make baby stop quickly, crying is a nuisance. | .06 | .58 | .02 | −.13 | −.02 |
| C8. Want baby to stop crying b/c I am not sure right way to respond. | .13 | .51 | −.17 | −.01 | .00 |
| C14. Thank baby is trying to control or manipulate me. | −.19 | .51 | .06 | −.02 | .04 |
| C12. Think baby just wants attention. | .11 | .43 | .01 | .11 | .07 |
| R10. I will let baby know there is no good reason to cry. | −.04 | .40 | .19 | .05 | −.09 |
| R9. I will let baby know it’s okay to be upset. (Ref.) | .15 | −.35 | .22 | −.03 | .13 |
| Directive Control (α = .75) | |||||
| R21. I will teach baby how to get along with other people. | .01 | −.21 | .74 | .00 | −.02 |
| R17. I will teach baby to control his/her emotions. | −.08 | .05 | .68 | −.03 | −.03 |
| R16. I will teach baby that it’s not okay to throw a fit. | .00 | .22 | .53 | .11 | −.17 |
| R13. I will help baby move on to important things like learning and exploring. | .00 | .08 | .52 | −.08 | .13 |
| R20. I will teach baby that crying doesn’t get you what you want. | −.02 | .11 | .49 | .28 | −.17 |
| R3. I will teach baby about emotions. | .08 | −.10 | .43 | −.17 | .14 |
| R19. I will help baby move on to having fun. | .01 | −.13 | .42 | −.01 | .11 |
| R4. I will let baby know I am in charge. | .07 | .12 | .37 | .17 | .02 |
| Spoiling (α = .70) | |||||
| C21. Let baby cry it out so he/she doesn’t get too spoiled. | .00 | −.06 | −.03 | 1.0 | .11 |
| C5. Let baby cry it out so he/she doesn’t get too dependent on me. | .00 | −.15 | −.05 | .72 | −.03 |
| R1. I could spoil baby. | −.01 | .16 | .13 | .40 | .06 |
| Crying as Communication (α = .74) | |||||
| C9. Think baby is trying to tell me something. | −.16 | .02 | .05 | .01 | .85 |
| C13. Think baby is trying to communicate with me. | .00 | .15 | .04 | .06 | .77 |
| C20. Think baby is crying for a reason. | .17 | .01 | −.04 | .06 | .58 |
Note. Bolded factor loadings reflect retained items. For ICQ question stems, leading alpha character ‘C’ refers to stem asking respondent to imagine how they might think when their infant cries; leading alpha character ‘R’ refers to stem asking respondent to imagine thinking when responding to their infant cries. Ref = Item reflected when creating scaled composite.