Table 4.
Factor loadings for both non-clinical subsamples (N1 = 9,066; N2 = 9,067) and congruence coefficients
| Subsample l | Subsample 2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factors and items of the SAQ | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 |
| F1. Interactions with strangers | Eigenvalue = 10.38 | Eigenvalue = 10.34 | ||||||||
| Congruence coefficient = .999 | Variance % = 34.61 | Variance % = 34.47 | ||||||||
| 13. Maintaining a conversation with someone I've just met | .79 | .07 | −.01 | −.06 | .03 | .78 | .08 | −.01 | −.06 | .05 |
| 10. Making new friends | .79 | −.01 | .04 | −.25 | .11 | .78 | .01 | .05 | −.24 | .10 |
| 17. Talking to people I don't know at a party or a meeting | .76 | .04 | .02 | .08 | −.05 | .78 | .00 | .00 | .14 | −.07 |
| 19. Looking into the eyes of someone I have just met while we are talking | .70 | .05 | .04 | −.04 | .01 | .69 | .04 | .07 | −.06 | .04 |
| 15. Greeting each person at a social meeting when I don't know most of them | .61 | .12 | −.07 | .16 | −.01 | .62 | .11 | −.08 | .18 | .02 |
| 22. Attending a social event where I know only one person | .42 | .05 | .09 | .36 | −.07 | .45 | .06 | .07 | .40 | −.09 |
| F2. Speaking in public/Talking with people in authority | Eigenvalue = 2.27 | Eigenvalue = 2.26 | ||||||||
| Congruence coefficient = .998 | Variance % = 7.58 | Variance % = 7.45 | ||||||||
| 3. Speaking in public | −.08 | .89 | .04 | −.11 | .01 | −.09 | .9l | .02 | −.10 | −.01 |
| 12. Having to speak in class, at work, or in a meeting | .11 | .86 | −.06 | −.11 | .00 | .09 | .89 | −.08 | −.10 | .00 |
| 18. Being asked a question in class by the teacher or by a superior in a meeting | .12 | .70 | −.01 | .11 | −.02 | .13 | .72 | −.02 | .08 | −.02 |
| 7. Participating in a meeting with people in authority | .07 | .62 | .01 | .05 | .09 | .06 | .6l | .04 | .03 | .08 |
| 29. Talking to a superior or a person in authority | .19 | .60 | −.01 | .09 | .06 | .17 | .6l | .05 | .05 | .05 |
| 25. While having dinner with colleagues, classmates or workmates, being asked to speak on behalf of the entire group | −.01 | .59 | .07 | .20 | −.01 | .00 | .57 | .02 | .26 | −.01 |
| F3. Interactions with the opposite sex | Eigenvalue = 1.60 | Eigenvalue = 1.67 | ||||||||
| Congruence coefficient = .996 | Variance % = 5.34 | Variance % = 5.57 | ||||||||
| 4. Asking someone attractive of the opposite sex for a date | −.22 | .07 | .86 | .01 | .02 | −.22 | .07 | .85 | .02 | .02 |
| 30. Telling someone I am attracted to that I would like to get to know them better | .03 | −.02 | .84 | .01 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .84 | .03 | .02 |
| 27. Asking someone I find attractive to dance | .02 | −.02 | .79 | .06 | −.03 | .02 | −.06 | .78 | .09 | −.03 |
| 23. Starting a conversation with someone of the opposite sex that I like | .30 | −.05 | .66 | .05 | −.02 | .31 | −.05 | .67 | .02 | −.03 |
| 20. Being asked out by a person I am attracted to | .25 | −.03 | .65 | −.06 | .03 | .25 | −.01 | .64 | −.07 | .01 |
| 6. Feeling watched by people of the opposite sex | .23 | .13 | .36 | −.05 | .16 | .23 | .10 | .42 | −.08 | .17 |
| F4. Criticism and embarrassment | Eigenvalue = 1.51 | Eigenvalue = 1.57 | ||||||||
| Congruence coefficient = .995 | Variance % = 5.05 | Variance % = 5.22 | ||||||||
| 24. Being reprimanded about something I have done wrong | −.05 | −.05 | .06 | .73 | .10 | −.05 | −.04 | .06 | .7l | .11 |
| 16. Being teased in public | .09 | .07 | .01 | .7l | −.15 | .10 | .02 | .05 | .7l | −.14 |
| 8. Talking to someone who isn't paying attention to what I am saying | −.11 | −.10 | −.08 | .69 | .18 | −.07 | −.13 | −.07 | .70 | .18 |
| 28. Being criticized | −.07 | .03 | .01 | .70 | .07 | −.10 | .07 | .01 | .67 | .12 |
| 21. Making a mistake in front of other people | .04 | .18 | .14 | .60 | −.05 | .04 | .21 | .11 | .60 | −.07 |
| 1. Greeting someone and being ignored | −.05 | −.01 | .00 | .4l | .24 | −.01 | −.01 | −.04 | .46 | .21 |
| F5. Assertive expression of annoyance, disgust or displeasure | Eigenvalue = 1.21 | Eigenvalue = 1.22 | ||||||||
| Congruence coefficient = .997 | Variance % = 4.02 | Variance % = 4.08 | ||||||||
| 2. Having to ask a neighbor to stop making noise | −.24 | .12 | .09 | .03 | .7l | −.23 | .11 | .07 | .07 | .67 |
| 26. Telling someone that their behavior bothers me and asking them to stop | .08 | .04 | .03 | .07 | .67 | .06 | .04 | .00 | .08 | .68 |
| 14. Expressing my annoyance to someone that is picking on me | .27 | −.12 | −.14 | .10 | .65 | .25 | −.10 | −.12 | .06 | .67 |
| 5. Complaining to the waiter about my food | −.09 | .17 | .08 | −.08 | .64 | −.10 | .14 | .15 | −.07 | .6l |
| 9. Refusing when asked to do something I don't like doing | .15 | −.05 | −.08 | .22 | .52 | .15 | −.06 | −.05 | .14 | .58 |
| 11. Telling someone that they have hurt my feelings | .20 | −.09 | .09 | .04 | .52 | .20 | −.06 | .05 | .05 | .54 |