Table A2.
Results of exploratory factor analysis of psychological adaptation to the thermal environment of urban plaza.
| Psychological Adaptation Strategies to the Thermal Environment of Urban Plaza | Mean | Psychological Adaption | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intro-Control | Shift | Passive Respondent | ||
| Mental disengagement | 3.05 | 0.738 | 0.496 | 0.074 |
| Environmental stimulation | 2.99 | 0.725 | 0.512 | 0.226 |
| Habituation | 3.26 | 0.719 | 0.325 | 0.367 |
| Perceived control | 2.99 | 0.703 | 0.391 | 0.102 |
| Endurance and confrontive | 3.24 | 0.652 | 0.463 | 0.412 |
| Rationalization | 3.34 | 0.633 | 0.511 | 0.415 |
| Past Experience | 3.21 | 0.600 | 0.401 | 0.338 |
| Distraction | 3.65 | 0.417 | 0.821 | 0.243 |
| Relaxing | 3.57 | 0.445 | 0.811 | 0.230 |
| Product transfer | 3.28 | 0.565 | 0.757 | 0.193 |
| Naive optimism | 3.57 | 0.534 | 0.745 | 0.373 |
| Wishful thinking | 3.35 | 0.358 | 0.475 | 0.105 |
| Time of exposure | 3.12 | 0.247 | 0.280 | 0.776 |
| Negative thinking | 3.32 | 0.255 | 0.166 | 0.754 |
| Eigenvalue | 5.218 | 1.186 | 1.051 | |
| Explained variance | 37.274 | 8.470 | 7.507 | |
| Cumulative explained variance | 37.274 | 45.744 | 53.251 | |
| Factors mean | 3.15 | 3.48 | 3.22 | |
| Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin = 0.895 Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.862 | ||||
Note 1: Sample sizes are 2076 and observations are 392 persons; Note 2: Thermal adaptation items were scored on a 5-point Likert Scale (“1” = strongly disagree, “5” = strongly agree); Note 3: Through item analysis, 3 items that received similar responses among all respondents, namely complaining, seeking spiritual support and seeking professional support, and items that could not accurately and effectively identify psychological characteristics were deleted. Then through EFA, 4 items, namely personal choice, expectation, naturalness and being humorous were deleted because their total correlation value or standardized factor loading were too low, or because their deletion increased the total Cronbach’s Alpha; Note 4: Assessment by scholars in related fields indicated that the “enduring” and “confrontive” items have a high degree of similarity, and are therefore combined.