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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychopharmacol. 2013 Jan 23;27(3):256–264. doi: 10.1177/0269881112472564

Table 3.

Principal components analysis (PCA) of subjective-effect measures.

AMPH dose conditions
5 mg
10 mg
20 mg
Factor1
Euphoria
Factor2
Arousal
Factor3
Dysphoria
Factor1
Euphoria
Factor2
Arousal
Factor3
Dysphoria
Factor1
Euphoria
Factor2
Arousal
Factor3
Dysphoria
DEQ
  Feel .896 −.100 .028 .890 −.201 .046 .917 −.128 .374
  Like .888 −.041 −.057 .913 −.074 −.115 .922 −.104 .065
  High .873 −.056 .074 .875 −.161 .122 .902 −.131 .302
  More .697 .039 −.002 .769 −.006 −.122 .775 −.180 −.088
ARCI
  A *** *** *** .624 .321 .091 .700 .208 .039
  MBG .541 .446 −.061 .671 .337 −.052 .724 .120 −.157
  Benzedrine .079 .746 −.095 .266 .741 .041 .263 .706 .063
  LSD .177 −.072 .643 .042 −.118 .720 .391 −.056 .704
  PCAG .130 −.841 −.115 .230 −.887 −.096 .223 −.984 −.153
POMS
  Vigor .185 .781 .001 .221 .698 .030 .333 .682 .049
  Arousal .000 .988 .149 .006 .956 .121 .060 1.008 .224
  Elation *** *** *** *** *** *** .544 .160 −.473
  Friendliness *** *** *** *** *** *** .414 .022 −.581
  Positive Mood *** *** *** *** *** *** .470 .209 −.514
  Anxiety −.032 .199 .913 −.097 .144 .875 .097 .331 .957
  Fatigue .167 −.802 −.025 .171 −.808 .080 .211 −.860 −.023
  Confusion .071 −.613 .389 .066 −.652 .358 .236 −.619 .342
  Depression −.101 −.062 .672 *** *** *** *** *** ***
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Subjective-effect scales that were not significantly altered by the AMPH dose were not included in the PCA. Bold items indicate the outcome measures that were used to calculate factor scores used in subsequent analyses.