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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Psychol. 2013 May 13;127(3):282–298. doi: 10.1037/a0031723

Table 6.

Structure Matrix of Varimax- and Promax-Rotated Component Loadings

Adjective Varimax Rotated Components
Promax Rotated Components
h2
Asst Open Neura Socb Attna Assta Open Neura Socb Attna



Bullying .92 −.01 .14 .00 −.03 .98 −.17 .12 −.03 .02 .87
Aggressive .91 .04 .17 −.02 −.04 .96 −.11 .15 −.05 .02 .86
Submissive −.89 −.06 .10 −.31 −.03 −.92 .12 .11 −.30 .03 .90
Stingy/Greedy .88 .08 .05 .04 −.03 .90 −.06 .02 .01 −.02 .78
Dominant .83 −.08 −.31 −.05 −.02 .86 −.21 −.35 −.05 −.07 .78
Jealous .82 .24 .08 .02 −.02 .81 .12 .06 −.03 −.00 .74
Gentle −.81 −.06 −.41 .06 .09 −.87 .07 −.40 .08 −.02 .84
Vulnerable −.75 −.02 .14 −.34 −.18 −.79 .15 .12 −.30 −.12 .73
Timid −.68 −.40 .19 −.39 −.12 −.60 −.28 .19 −.34 −.01 .81
Irritable .67 .02 .27 −.32 −.02 .71 −.06 .24 −.38 .11 .62
Cautious −.67 −.37 −.01 −.33 −.09 −.62 −.25 −.01 −.28 −.04 .70
Dependent/Follower −.63 .03 .41 .23 −.21 −.63 .11 .43 .30 −.19 .66
Independent .61 .14 −.42 −.09 .01 .57 .07 −.46 −.11 −.07 .57
Manipulative .59 .29 .15 .39 .09 .56 .17 .17 .35 .06 .61
Fearful −.57 −.26 .29 −.38 −.29 −.52 −.14 .27 −.31 −.19 .71
Reckless .53 .49 .14 .06 −.46 .44 .45 .06 .12 −.50 .76
Protective .37 −.04 −.22 .35 .30 .40 −.15 −.18 .30 .23 .41
Inventive .11 .86 −.06 .18 .09 −.10 .90 −.08 .09 .02 .80
Innovative .06 .85 −.03 .17 .15 −.15 .89 −.03 .07 .10 .78
Inquisitive .18 .83 .02 .33 −.03 −.01 .84 .00 .28 −.12 .83
Playful .05 .76 .23 .35 −.08 −.11 .78 .22 .32 −.12 .77
Conventional −.13 −.73 −.31 −.03 .19 .03 −.77 −.28 .00 .17 .68
Active .03 .72 .45 .31 .17 −.11 .73 .49 .20 .21 .85
Curious .11 .70 −.21 .00 −.08 −.09 .75 −.26 −.04 −.16 .56
Lazy −.05 −.64 −.39 −.22 −.37 .07 −.64 −.45 −.07 −.44 .74
Imitative −.05 .63 .13 .44 .07 −.20 .64 .15 .39 .01 .62
Persistent .35 .55 −.31 −.21 −.11 .19 .58 −.38 −.24 −.17 .57
Defiant .48 .55 .18 .02 −.21 .38 .51 .13 .00 −.21 .61
Quitting −.01 −.50 .17 .04 −.34 .13 −.54 .16 .17 −.32 .40
Cool .13 .07 −.76 .26 .24 .07 .03 −.76 .23 .04 .73
Stable .00 .10 −.71 .01 .14 −.08 .12 −.73 −.01 −.02 .53
Excitable .04 .10 .64 −.10 −.48 .06 .11 .60 −.02 −.37 .67
Predictable −.10 −.39 −.61 .08 −.01 −.06 −.40 −.63 .15 −.15 .55
Unemotional −.05 −.17 −.60 .32 −.00 −.04 −.20 −.61 .38 −.19 .50
Decisive .39 .30 −.59 −.04 .24 .29 .27 −.61 −.12 .13 .65
Impulsive .06 .40 .59 −.13 −.45 .00 .44 .54 −.08 −.35 .73
Sympathetic −.39 .05 −.45 .38 .24 −.45 .08 −.42 .37 .09 .57
Sociable .15 .25 −.16 .82 −.05 .10 .15 −.14 .87 −.24 .78
Affectionate −.22 .11 −.27 .74 −.00 −.26 .07 −.24 .80 −.20 .68
Solitary −.35 −.34 .01 −.71 −.05 −.29 −.23 −.01 −.71 .08 .74
Depressed −.38 −.30 .02 −.68 −.29 −.34 −.18 −.03 −.62 −.19 .79
Friendly −.37 .22 −.21 .65 .22 −.45 .22 −.16 .64 .07 .70
Anxious −.49 −.32 .25 −.55 −.27 −.43 −.20 .22 −.49 −.14 .78
Autistic −.38 −.18 .03 −.49 −.23 −.37 −.07 −.01 −.44 −.16 .47
Disorganized −.19 .01 .20 −.21 −.78 −.19 .08 .10 −.03 −.78 .72
Unperceptive .06 −.08 .17 −.06 −.77 .09 −.08 .07 .12 −.80 .63
Thoughtless −.05 .13 .04 −.26 −.77 −.10 .20 −.08 −.09 −.81 .68
Clumsy −.18 −.26 −.01 .11 −.67 −.12 −.26 −.09 .32 −.76 .56
Distractible .06 −.10 .43 .33 −.64 .13 −.16 .39 .51 −.66 .72
Erratic .14 .23 .54 −.18 −.56 .13 .25 .47 −.10 −.47 .71
Helpful −.25 .26 −.37 .25 .41 −.35 .29 −.32 .17 .31 .50
Intelligent .07 .35 −.23 .13 .37 −.03 .35 −.20 .02 .32 .33
Sensitive −.33 −.05 −.30 .26 .35 −.35 −.04 −.24 .22 .27 .39
Individualistic −.06 .27 −.08 −.24 −.29 −.15 .34 −.14 −.21 −.31 .23
Proportion of variance .20 .15 .11 .11 .10 .20 .15 .11 .11 .09

Note. Salient loadings are in boldface. As each component has at least four loadings greater than |.6|, the structure is likely to be stable (Guadagnoli & Velicer, 1988). Asst = Assertiveness, Open = Openness, Neur = Neuroticism, Socb = Sociability, Attn = Attentiveness. h2 = communality.

a

Component was reflected by multiplying loadings by −1.