Table 5.
The components loading, eigenvalues, percent of variance and communality of 4-factor in ASQ-24
| Items | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | Communality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4-I’m afraid that my hopes will be deceived when I get too closely related to others | 0.732 | 0.557 | |||
| Q2-I would like to be open to others, but I feel I cannot trust other people. | 0.726 | 0.526 | |||
| Q21-I feel uncomfortable when relationships with other people become close. | 0.649 | 0.434 | |||
| Q18-I am wary to get engaged in close relationships because I’m afraid to get hurt. | 0.647 | 0.482 | |||
| Q8-I have the impression that usually I like others better than they like me. | 0.507 | 0.209 | 0.322 | ||
| Q3-I would like to have close relationships with other people, but I find it difficult to fully trust them. | 0.378 | 0.199 | 0.413 | ||
| Q7-I avoid close ties. | 0.358 | 0.236 | 0.289 | 0.275 | 0.373 |
| Q13-I feel at ease in intimate relationships. | 0.701 | 0.500 | |||
| Q12-I find it easy to get engaged in close relationships with other people. | 0.168 | 0.626 | 0.165 | 0.434 | |
| Q9-I trust other people and I like it when other people can rely on me. | 0.586 | 0.251 | 0.376 | ||
| Q14-I like to be self-sufficient. | 0.398 | 0.562 | 0.499 | ||
| Q16-I think it is important that people can rely on each other. | 0.255 | 0.561 | 0.269 | 0.447 | |
| Q11-It is important to me to be independent. | 0.312 | 0.502 | 0.222 | 0.406 | |
| Q1-I feel at ease in emotional relationships | 0.475 | 0.258 | 0.319 | ||
| Q20-I trust that others will be there for me when I need them. | 0.312 | 0.347 | 0.212 | ||
| Q17-I don’t worry about being alone: I don’t need other people that strongly | 0.770 | 0.586 | |||
| Q24-I feel comfortable without having close relationships with other people | 0.245 | 0.568 | 0.400 | ||
| Q15-I don’t worry whether people like me or not | 0.539 | 0.237 | 0.387 | ||
| Q5-I prefer that others are independent of me, and that I am independent of others | 0.381 | 0.430 | 0.375 | ||
| Q10-I am often afraid that other people don’t like me | 0.748 | 0.639 | |||
| Q6-I often wonder whether people like me | 0.707 | 0.617 | |||
| Q19-I usually find other people more interesting than myself | 0.704 | 0.486 | |||
| Q23-I fear to be left alone | 0.476 | 0.491 | |||
| Q22-I find it important to know whether other people like me | 0.439 | 0.507 | |||
| Eigenvalue | 4.05 | 2.86 | 2.58 | 1.31 | |
| % of variance | 16.86 | 11.9 | 10.74 | 5.44 |