Table 3.

Higher-order factor loadings and residualized primary loadings of the 16 retained SPIN items in the total sample (N = 397)

			Residualized primary loadings
SPIN Item	Paraphrased Item Content	Social Anxiety (Higher-order factor loading)	Fear of Negative Evaluation	Fear of Physical Symptoms	Fear of Uncertainty
15	Fear of embarrassment/looking stupid	.69	.35
5	Scared of criticism	.63	.32
6	Avoid doing things for fear of embarrassment	.68	.34
12	Do anything to avoid criticism	.63	.32
16	Avoid speaking to authority figures	.53	.27
14	Fear of doing things with others watching	.67	.34
1	Afraid of people in authority	.44	.22
17	Distressed by trembling	.51		.50
7	Distressed by sweating	.53		.52
13	Bothered by heart palpitations	.47		.46
2	Bothered by blushing	.41		.40
8	Avoid parties	.57			.42
3	Scared of parties	.61			.45
4	Avoid unfamiliar people	.55			.40
9	Avoid being center of attention	.56			.42
10	Scared to talk to strangers	.58			.43

Note. Loadings of SPIN items on their corresponding lower-order factors were transformed using the Schmid-Leiman procedure.