Table 2.
Factor loadings based on principle components analysis with varimax rotation for the 8 items of the General Causality Orientation Scale for Clinical Populations (GCOS-CP) from Study 1.
| GCOS-CP Item | Autonomy | Impersonal | Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy Factor | |||
| 4b. How interested you are in the hobby. | .678 | ||
| 3c. Seek participation: get inputs from others who want to make decisions before you make the final call. | .671 | ||
| 5b. Ask her what’s been going on, and offer to help resolve it. | .639 | ||
| 7a. Share your observations with him (her) and try to find out what is going on for him (her). | .615 | −.404 | |
| 8a. Find an opportunity to explain why it bothers you; your friend or roommate may not even realize how much it is bothering you. | .591 | −.391 | .284 |
| 2b. Each make suggestions and then decide together on something that you both feel like doing. | .576 | −.211 | |
| 1a. Simply assigning times that each can break to avoid any problems. | .516 | ||
| 6c. Try to understand why your friend or roommate does it and why it is so upsetting for you. | .424 | ||
| Internal consistency (α) = .734 | |||
| Impersonal Factor | |||
| 8b. Say nothing; if your friend or roommate cared about you she would understand how you felt. | −.406 | .622 | |
| 5c. It’s hard to know what to do. | .607 | ||
| 7b. Ignore it because there’s not much you can do about it anyway. | −.456 | .588 | |
| 6b. Avoid your friend or roommate when he does it. | .587 | ||
| 3b. Follow precedent: you’re not really up to the task so you’d do it the way it’s been done before. | .568 | ||
| 2a. Leave it up to your friend/roommate; he/she probably wouldn’t want to do what you’d suggest. | .459 | ||
| 4a. If you will be any good at the hobby. | .249 | .424 | .323 |
| 1b. Find out from someone in authority what to do, or do what has been done in the past. | .233 | ||
| Internal consistency (α) = .666 | |||
| Control Factor | |||
| 8c. Demand that your friend or roommate start being more considerate; otherwise you’ll respond similarly. | −.234 | .261 | .675 |
| 6b. Point it out each time you notice it so you can have a better friendship. | −.247 | .611 | |
| 7b. Tell him (her) that you’re willing to spend time together only if he (she) makes more of an effort. | .608 | ||
| 2a. Talk your friend into doing what you want to do because you’ll both have fun. | .566 | ||
| 5c. Tell her she has not been as helpful lately. | .548 | ||
| 3b. Take charge: you don’t have to deal with everyone’s opinions that way. | .447 | ||
| 4a. If people will criticize your work. | .422 | ||
| 1b. Find out from someone in authority what to do, or do what has been done in the past. | .321 | ||
| Internal consistency (α) = .651 |