TABLE 3.
Final PCA Results on Exploratory Sample
| Item | Academic Bullying |
Personal Bullying |
|---|---|---|
| 1. A professor/instructor withholding information that affects your performance. | .595 | −.074 |
| 2. Being humiliated or ridiculed by a professor/instructor in connection with your course. | .724 | .035 |
| 3. Being excluded by a professor/instructor. | .619 | .060 |
| 4. Having insulting or offensive remarks made about you by a professor/instructor. | .747 | .159 |
| 5. Being told or hinted by a professor/instructor that you are incompetent. | .694 | .153 |
| 6. Repeated reminders of your mistakes by a professor/instructor. | .756 | .188 |
| 7. Having your comments ignored by a professor/instructor. | .711 | .186 |
| 8. Having a professor/instructor gossip about your sex life or spread rumors about your sexual activities. | .201 | .871 |
| 9. Having false allegations made against you by a professor/instructor. | .162 | .752 |
| 10. Threats of violence or physical abuse by a professor/instructor. | .016 | .944 |
| 11. Acts of violent or physical abuse by a professor/instructor. | .066 | .963 |
Note. n = 153. Loadings in bold indicate items retained for that component.