Table 2.

One‐, two‐ and three‐factor solutions from exploratory factor analysis of the CIS‐R in the White British sample (N = 837)

	One‐factor solution	Two‐factor solution		Three‐factor solution
		Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
		Depression‐anxiety	Somatic	Depression‐anxiety	Somatic	Phobic compulsions
Somatic symptoms	0.72	0.05	0.75	0.24	0.61	0.05
Fatigue	0.79	0.15	0.72	0.42	0.55	−0.03
Forgetfulness/concentration problems	0.76	0.63	0.21	0.60	0.07	0.21
Sleep problems	0.57	0.41	0.22	0.54	0.10	−0.01
Irritability	0.68	0.44	0.31	0.63	0.15	−0.04
Physical health worries	0.59	−0.34	1.02	−0.13	0.91	0.05
Depression	0.79	0.64	0.23	0.84	0.05	−0.05
Worry	0.80	0.45	0.44	0.63	0.27	0.01
Anxiety	0.79	0.33	0.55	0.62	0.36	−0.10
Phobias	0.56	0.36	0.26	−0.14	0.26	0.79
Panic	0.79	0.27	0.61	0.14	0.51	0.42
Compulsive behaviours	0.57	0.65	−0.03	0.10	−0.02	0.79
Obsessive thoughts	0.59	1.00	−0.35	0.76	−0.43	0.33
Depressive ideas	0.87	0.67	0.29	0.87	0.09	−0.02
Eigenvalues		7.11	1.15	7.11	1.15	1.03
Variance (%)		5.98	5.85	6.27	4.47	3.40
Correlation between factors
1 and 2		0.59		0.54
1 and 3				0.08
2 and 3				−0.14

Note: Bold typeface items indicate highest loadings across factors.