Table 4.

Factor Structure of the OSEL Pragmatic Semantic Profile Items

	Factor Loadings
	EFA	CFA
Factor 1: Initiation of Reciprocal Communication
Verbal requests to get needs met	0.64	0.54
Asks for information about thoughts, feelings, or experiences	0.26	0.71
Comments or offers information about thoughts, feelings, or experiences	0.37	0.88
Maintains a conversation	0.59	0.98
(Absence of) Preoccupation with specific interests	0.43	0.87
Factor 2: Narrative Skills
Repairs/Request clarification	0.19	0.71
Reports main ideas	0.93	0.9
Reports sequence of events/story	0.93	0.96
Comments on characters’ emotional and/or mental states	0.31	0.6
Synthesizes cause-and-effect information	0.61	0.93
Factor 3: Unusual Features
Interrupts the examiner or dominates conversations	0.63	0.39
Stereotyped/Idiosyncratic use of words or phrases	N/A	0.99
Unspecific language and/or semantic errors	0.94	0.88
Immediate echolalia	0.89	0.75
Impolite or inappropriate language	0.37	0.11
	CFI
	0.995	0.978
	RMSEA
	0.048	0.080

Note. EFA Exploratory Factor Analysis, CFA Confirmatory Factor Analysis, CFI Comparative Fit Index, RMSEA Root Mean Square Error Approximation.