Table 2.
Rotated Principal Component Analysis Factor Loadings
| MOS-SSS Items | Factor Loadings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Someone you can count on to listen to you when you need to talk | .707 | |||
| Someone to give you information to help you understand a situation | .793 | |||
| Someone to give you good advice about a crisis | .819 | |||
| Someone to confide in or talk to about yourself or your problems | .828 | |||
| Someone whose advice you really want | .834 | |||
| Someone to share your most private worries and fears with | .782 | |||
| Someone to turn to for suggestions about how to deal with a personal problem | .828 | |||
| Someone who understands your problems | .810 | |||
| Someone to help you if you were confined to bed | .849 | |||
| Someone to take you to the doctor if you needed it | .767 | |||
| Someone to prepare your meals if you were unable to do it yourself | .852 | |||
| Someone to help with daily chores if you were sick | .869 | |||
| Someone who shows you love and affection | .789 | |||
| Someone to love and make you feel wanted | .806 | |||
| Someone who hugs you | .737 | |||
| Someone to have a good time with | .705 | |||
| Someone to get together with for relaxation | .818 | |||
| Someone to do something enjoyable with | .823 | |||
| Someone to do things with to help you get your mind off things | .718 | |||
| Eigenvalue | 10.993 | 2.194 | 1.376 | .871 |
| % Variance | 57.858 | 11.547 | 7.240 | 4.584 |
| Cumulative Variance | 57.858 | 69.404 | 76.644 | 81.299 |
Notes: Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.
Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization