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. 2017 Oct 12;12(10):e0185574. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185574

Table 1. Factor loadings for fears of compassion for others.

No Item Factor Mean SD skewness kurtosis
Fear of Compassion for Others (α = .79)
5 People will take advantage of you if you are too forgiving and compassionate .90 2.51 1.11 -.56 -.51
4 I fear that being too compassionate makes people an easy target .87 2.56 1.07 -.50 -.50
1 People will take advantage of me if they see me as too compassionate .58 2.11 1.05 -.15 -.80
9 Being too compassionate makes people soft and easy to take advantage of .55 1.65 1.08 .31 -.68
6 I worry that if I am compassionate, vulnerable people can be drawn to me and drain my emotional resources .48 2.03 1.14 .07 -1.02
8 I fear that if I am compassionate, some people will become too dependent upon me .38 2.39 .92 -.37 -.10
3 There are some people in life who don’t deserve compassion .36 2.21 1.29 -.17 -1.15
Variance explained (%) 46.41