Table 1.
Factor loadings: First EFA run (26-Items; No items removed; EFA not restricted)
| Items | Factor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 10. My scars make me embarrassed in front of other people. | 0.93 | 0.09 | 0.14 | −0.07 | −0.17 | −0.17 |
| 23. I think that people judge me because of my scars. | 0.91 | 0.06 | −0.12 | −0.02 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| 16. I think that people stare at my scars. | 0.71 | 0.09 | 0.21 | −0.17 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| 13. I think about my scars. | 0.59 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.39 |
| 8. My scars make me feel shame. | 0.57 | −0.04 | 0.27 | 0.21 | −0.19 | −0.11 |
| 18. My scars make me feel unattractive. | 0.56 | −0.16 | −0.07 | 0.18 | 0.14 | −0.07 |
| 24. I think that I would have better relationships if I didn’t have any scars. | 0.53 | −0.09 | −0.29 | 0.09 | 0.44 | −0.03 |
| 1. My scar(s) represent how strong I am emotionally. | 0.12 | 0.98 | −0.06 | 0.01 | −0.05 | −0.05 |
| 20. My scars make me feel hopeful about my future. | 0.08 | 0.76 | −0.15 | 0.07 | 0.07 | −0.06 |
| 2. My scar(s) represent how strong I am physically. | −0.07 | 0.62 | 0.11 | −0.06 | 0.16 | 0.02 |
| 11. My scars make me feel tough, like I can get through anything. | −0.12 | 0.58 | 0.04 | −0.03 | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| 5. My scars make me feel proud that I got through a very tough time. | −0.02 | 0.53 | 0.08 | 0.21 | −0.12 | 0.15 |
| 6. My scars remind me that I am weak. | −0.07 | −0.01 | 0.80 | 0.13 | −0.02 | −0.08 |
| 7. My scars make me feel afraid. | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.87 | −0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| 12. My scars make me feel like I am weak. | 0.15 | −0.08 | 0.73 | −0.01 | −0.02 | 0.02 |
| 3. My scars bring back memories of things that I don’t want to remember. | 0.03 | −0.01 | −0.06 | 0.91 | −0.10 | 0.01 |
| 9. My scars remind me of stressful things that happened to me in the past. | 0.05 | 0.13 | −0.12 | 0.72 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| 4. My scars make me think about how weak I used to be. | −0.14 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.61 | 0.04 | −0.20 |
| 15. My scars make me think about my failures and mistakes. | 0.03 | −0.15 | 0.19 | 0.59 | 0.01 | 0.15 |
| 14. My scars make me feel hopeless. | 0.03 | −0.08 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.59 | −0.03 |
| 17. My scars make me feel like I want to kill myself. | −0.01 | 0.13 | −0.08 | −0.07 | 0.81 | −0.16 |
| 19. My scars make me feel like I could kill myself if I wanted to. | −0.04 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.54 | −0.03 |
| 22. My scars make me feel like I can’t change anything, like I’m stuck. | 0.02 | −0.06 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.11 |
| 25. I think that my scars make me unique. | −0.10 | 0.08 | 0.05 | −0.05 | −0.16 | 0.87 |
| 26. My scars make me feel less afraid of dying | 0.01 | 0.04 | −0.13 | 0.06 | −0.01 | 0.80 |
| 21. My scars make me feel like I can’t handle the future. | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.22 | −0.11 | 0.17 | 0.17 |
Note. N= 110