Table 2.
Factor Loading of Individual Items and Correlation among Individual Domains of CAST Obtained from Confirmatory Factor Analysis
| Anxiety | Irritability | Mania | Insomnia | Panic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standardized factor loadings | |||||
| I feel anxious all the time | 0.42 | ||||
| I have been feeling really good lately | 0.50 | ||||
| I feel as if I am going to have a heart attack | 0.68 | ||||
| I wish people would just leave me alone | 0.49 | ||||
| I have been having more trouble sleeping than usual | 0.79 | ||||
| I am feeling restless, as if I have to move constantly | 0.84 | ||||
| I suddenly feel very confident | 0.71 | ||||
| I am more talkative than normal | 0.60 | ||||
| I feel very uptight | 0.48 | ||||
| I find myself saying or doing things without thinking | 0.41 | ||||
| I can feel my heart racing | 0.86 | ||||
| Lately everything seems to be annoying me | 0.80 | ||||
| I slept very little last night | 0.75 | ||||
| I cannot sit still | 0.85 | ||||
| I find people get on my nerves easily | 0.76 | ||||
| I have been having lots of great ideas | 0.61 | ||||
| Correlation coefficient | |||||
| Anxiety | 1 | ||||
| Irritability | 0.51 | 1 | |||
| Mania | 0.15 | -0.09 | 1 | ||
| Insomnia | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.01 | 1 | |
| Panic | 0.44 | 0.36 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 1 |
CAST, Concise Associated Symptom Tracking Scale.