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. 2017 Oct 24;4:170146. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.146

Table 2. Promax rotation of six factor solution.

  Factor
             
Item I II III IV V VI h2 Item’s loading in previous studies *
h2=Proportion of variance in each item accounted for by all six factors. Salient loadings (≥|0.4|) in boldface
               
Dominant 0.87 0.04 −0.19 0.01 0.24 −0.07 0.74 Dominance (+)
Reckless 0.70 0.09 −0.09 0.24 −0.04 −0.16 0.59 Conscientiousness (−)
Impulsive 0.48 −0.12 0.20 0.32 −0.01 −0.14 0.56 Conscientiousness (−)
Excitable 0.47 0.00 0.32 0.01 0.14 −0.10 0.63 Neuroticism (+)
Inventive 0.46 −0.10 0.13 −0.07 0.26 0.08 0.44 Openness (+)
Innovative 0.39 0.38 0.23 −0.22 −0.23 0.08 0.58 Openness (+)
Sociable −0.08 0.72 0.26 −0.02 −0.01 −0.06 0.67 Extraversion (+)
Dependent/follower 0.00 0.66 −0.15 0.09 −0.14 0.09 0.42 Dominance (−)
Solitary −0.01 0.45 −0.16 0.27 −0.20 0.14 0.43 Extraversion (−)
Inquisitive 0.04 0.08 0.87 −0.04 −0.12 0.01 0.75 Openness (+)
Curious −0.03 0.08 0.70 0.28 −0.08 0.05 0.56 Openness (+)
Active −0.08 0.17 −0.01 0.60 0.44 −0.24 0.66 Extraversion (+)
Predictable 0.05 0.00 0.06 0.59 0.03 0.07 0.41 Conscientiousness (+)
Individualistic 0.15 −0.12 0.03 0.55 −0.16 0.03 0.35 Extraversion (−)
Decisive 0.15 0.03 −0.17 0.01 0.67 0.04 0.42 Dominance (+)
Sensitive 0.19 −0.37 0.16 −0.13 0.65 0.19 0.73 Agreeableness (+)
Sympathetic −0.17 −0.07 0.01 −0.08 0.02 0.60 0.39 Agreeableness (+)
Helpful 0.32 0.39 −0.07 0.08 0.11 0.56 0.76 Agreeableness (+)
Stable −0.13 0.09 0.08 0.21 0.21 0.34 0.28 Neuroticism (−)
Proportion of variance 0.14 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.05    
  Factor Correlations
             
  I II III IV V      
  0.29         II    
  0.64 0.40       III    
  0.26 −0.04 0.09     IV    
  0.33 0.13 0.57 0.25   V    
  0.04 0.17 0.12 0.04 0.16 VI    

*Refers to the direction of the association between each item and chimpanzee personality dimensions identified in previous studies.