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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: West J Nurs Res. 2017 Aug 14;40(2):191–208. doi: 10.1177/0193945917723828

Table 3. Unidimensional Factor Structure of the Decision Fatigue Scale (N=101).

Items Factor 1
5. It takes too much effort to make decisions. .84
2. Making decisions is difficult because I can't concentrate. .74
10. My mood has made it difficult for me to make decisions. .72
3. It is hard for me to take in information and use it to make decisions. .70
I can't make a decision because I am too tired and stressed. .67
8. I can't make up my mind about which option is best. .63
4. I don't have enough confidence in myself to make good decisions. .58
6. Someone else should make decisions for me. .57
9. I have made decisions without carefully thinking about them. .42

Note. Extraction method was principal axis factoring with oblique rotation (direct oblimin rotation using the following parameters: δ = 0, κ = 4). According to a priori criteria for item retention, Item seven, “I have made decisions quickly in order to move on,” was removed. The internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha) is 0.87 for the 9-item version of the Decision Fatigue Scale.