Table 2.
Means, Standard Deviations, Factor Loadings, and Communalities for the BVSCI (n = 1,967)
|
Scale Items |
Factor Loadings | Communalities | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | 1 | 2 | ||
| *When I see aspects of myself that I don’t like, I get down on myself. | 3.21 (1.2) | .662 | −.244 | .517 |
| *When I’m feeling down, I tend to feel like most other people are probably happier than I am. | 3.21 (1.2) | .652 | −.168 | .452 |
| *I can be a bit cold-hearted towards myself when I’m unhappy. | 3.43 (1.2) | .650 | −.118 | .441 |
| *When I’m feeling down I tend to obsess and fixate on everything that’s wrong. | 3.34 (1.2) | .625 | −.246 | .451 |
| *When I’m really struggling, I tend to feel like other people must be having an easier time of it. | 3.25 (1.2) | .614 | −.281 | .465 |
| *When something painful happens, I tend to blow the incident out of proportion. | 3.47 (1.2) | .565 | −.142 | .388 |
| When something painful happens, I try to take a balanced view of the situation. | 3.30 (1.2) | .302 | .642 | .558 |
| When I fail at something important to me I try to keep things in perspective. | 3.45 (1.2) | .320 | .617 | .505 |
| When I’m going through a very hard time, I give myself the caring and tenderness I need. | 3.22 (1.3) | −.055 | .578 | .474 |
| I’m kind to myself when I’m unhappy or experiencing suffering. | 3.09 (1.2) | .432 | .549 | .384 |
| When I feel inadequate in some way, I try to remind myself that most people feel inadequate from time to time. | 2.81 (1.1) | −.103 | .533 | .455 |
| When I’m down, I remind myself that there are lots of other people in the world feeling like I am. | 2.89 (1.2) | .333 | .506 | .875 |
| Eigenvalue | 2.879 | 2.231 | ||
| Percent Variance | 23.99% | 18.59% | ||
Note: Extraction Method: Maximum Likelihood; Rotation method: Oblimin and Promax with Kaiser Normalization Loadings in bold are values greater than .40 and are retained for that factor.
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Reverse coded items