Table 7.
Item | Factor | Chi-squared | p | |
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1. | I tend to pick up on people’s body language | Feelings | 588 | <0.0001 |
2. | To understand someone I rely on his or her words rather than their expression or gesturea | Feelings | 440 | <0.0001 |
3. | To make sense of what someone else is doing, I might copy his or her actions | Imagery | 76.7 | <0.0001 |
4. | Music that I like makes me want to dance | Animation | 116 | <0.0001 |
5. | In my mind’s eye, I often see myself doing things | Imagery | 21.7 | 0.001 |
6. | If talking on the phone, I am sensitive to someone’s feelings by the tone of their voice | Feelings | 514 | <0.0001 |
7. | If others are dancing I want to join in | Animation | 265 | <0.0001 |
8. | My body movements do not tend to reflect the way I feela | Feelings | 322 | <0.0001 |
9. | I often imagine myself performing common actions | Imagery | 17.1 | 0.01 |
10. | I would consider myself to be a “touchy-feely” person | Animation | 171 | <0.0001 |
11. | When I recall what someone said to me, I have to think hard to remember their facial expression at the timea | Feelings | 425 | <0.0001 |
12. | I rely on seeing how a person looks me in the eye to gauge what they really feel | Feelings | 274 | <0.0001 |
13. | I wouldn’t tend to know what someone was feeling like if they did not saya | Feelings | 469 | <0.0001 |
14. | I move my hands a lot when I speak | Animation | 44.6 | <0.0001 |
15. | I get animated when I am enthusiastic in conversation | Animation | 28.8 | <0.0001 |
16. | I can easily bring to mind the look on someone’s face when I remember telling them something | Feelings | 384 | <0.0001 |
17. | Acting things out helps me to understand them | Imagery | 27.4 | <0.0001 |
18. | Watching someone’s body language is not a good way to judge their feelingsa | Feelings | 299 | <0.0001 |
aNegatively scored item