Table 1.
Rotated factor matrix for principal components analysis of Anxiety about ageing items
| Items | Factor Loadings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Fear of old people’ | ‘Positive ageing’ | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | |
| Anxiety about ageing 1: ‘friends will be gone’ | .38 | −.37 | .17 | .53 |
| Anxiety about ageing 2: ‘enjoy being around old people’ | .80 | .16 | .19 | .01 |
| Anxiety about ageing 3: ‘feel good about life’ | .28 | .65 | −.04 | −.15 |
| Anxiety about ageing 4: ‘do things for myself’ | .22 | .74 | −.30 | .09 |
| Anxiety about ageing 5: ‘enjoy talking with old people’ | .81 | .22 | −.05 | .02 |
| Anxiety about ageing 6: ‘see grey hairs’ | .19 | −.02 | .76 | .05 |
| Anxiety about ageing 7: ‘someone else making decisions for me’ | .30 | .09 | .70 | .20 |
| Anxiety about ageing 8: ‘feel good about myself’ | .39 | .34 | .07 | .62 |
| Anxiety about ageing 9: ‘looking old’ | −.07 | .69 | .47 | .13 |
| Anxiety about ageing 10: ‘worry about my health’ | .12 | .24 | −.17 | .80 |
| Anxiety about ageing 11: ‘doesn't bother me’ | .27 | .57 | .54 | −.27 |
| Anxiety about ageing 12: ‘enjoy doing things for old people’ | .67 | .06 | −.10 | .03 |
| Cronbach's α | .76 | .68 | .50 | .35 |
| Percent variance explained | 26.56 | 16.63 | 12.09 | 9.62 |
Values in bold indicate the items that were used in each of the ‘anxiety about ageing’ subscales.