Table 3. Item-factor loadings before and after rotation for exploratory factor analysis.
| Item description and subscale | Item formulation | Non-rotated | Rotated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | |||
| Feel alone in my failure | I | Neg | .78 | -.23 | .81 | .05 |
| Obsess and fixate on everything that’s wrong | OI | Neg | .77 | -.19 | .79 | .08 |
| Get down on myself | SJ | Neg | .76 | -.19 | .78 | .08 |
| Feel like others are probably happier | I | Neg | .70 | -.16 | .71 | .09 |
| Get carried away with my feelings | OI | Neg | .64 | -.20 | .67 | .03 |
| Feel like others must be having an easier time | I | Neg | .65 | -.16 | .67 | .07 |
| Feel separate and cut off from the world | I | Neg | .66 | -.09 | .65 | .14 |
| Judgmental about my own flaws | SJ | Neg | .61 | -.20 | .64 | .02 |
| Intolerant towards aspects that I don’t like | SJ | Neg | .61 | -.18 | .64 | .04 |
| Consumed by feelings of inadequacy | OI | Neg | .60 | -.09 | .63 | .01 |
| Blow the incident out of proportion | OI | Neg | .47 | -.25 | .47 | .08 |
| To be tough on myself | SJ | Neg | .23 | -.25 | .30 | -.15 |
| See my failings as part of the human condition | CH | Pos | .36 | .64 | .13 | .73 |
| Keep things in perspective | M | Pos | .29 | .63 | .06 | .69 |
| Balanced view of the situation | M | Pos | .32 | .59 | .11 | .66 |
| Keep my emotions in balance | M | Pos | .34 | .56 | .13 | .64 |
| Understanding towards aspects I don’t like | SK | Pos | .23 | .57 | .02 | .62 |
| Tolerant of my own flaws | SK | Pos | .32 | .52 | .16 | .61 |
| Feelings of inadequacy shared by most people | CH | Pos | .19 | .57 | -.02 | .60 |
| Approach feelings with curiosity | M | Pos | .21 | .54 | .02 | .58 |
| Give to myself caring and tenderness | SK | Pos | .39 | .45 | .21 | .56 |
| Difficulties part of life everyone goes through | CH | Pos | .04 | .53 | -.14 | .51 |
| I’m kind to myself | SK | Pos | .18 | .46 | .01 | .50 |
| Other people in the world feeling like me | CH | Pos | -.09 | .43 | -.23 | .38 |
Negative formulated items were reversed for EFA. I = Isolation, OI = Over-Identification, SJ = Self-Judgment, CH = Common Humanity, M = Mindfulness, SK = Self-Kindness.