Table 2.
Factor analysis of Malay version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-M)
| Items | 1 Positive Symptoms |
2 Mood disturbance |
3 Negative Symptoms |
4 Activation |
5 Resistance |
6 Somatization |
7 Orientation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. Conceptual Disorganization | 0.70 | ||||||
| 11. Suspiciousness | 0.85 | ||||||
| 12. Hallucinatory Behavior | 0.77 | ||||||
| 15. Unusual Thought Content | 0.69 | ||||||
| 2. Anxiety | 0.84 | ||||||
| 5. Guilt Feelings | 0.46 | ||||||
| 6. Tension | 0.81 | ||||||
| 9. Depressive Mood | 0.70 | ||||||
| 3. Emotional Withdrawal | 0.93 | ||||||
| 13. Motor Retardation | 0.50 | ||||||
| 16. Blunted Affect | 0.92 | ||||||
| 8. Grandiosity | 0.88 | ||||||
| 17. Excitement | 0.90 | ||||||
| 10. Hostility | 0.86 | ||||||
| 14. Uncooperativeness | 0.81 | ||||||
| 1.Somatic Concern | 0.93 | ||||||
| 7. Mannerisms and Posturing | 0.76 | ||||||
| 18. Disorientation | 1.00 | ||||||
| Eigenvalue | 3.95 | 2.16 | 1.64 | 1.52 | 1.38 | 1.20 | 1.00 |
| Variance (%) | 21.92 | 12.00 | 9.10 | 8.45 | 7.68 | 6.66 | 5.57 |
BPRS-M = Malay version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. a. Rotation converged in 6 iterations. Loadings below 0.40 are suppressed