Table 1.
Factor loadings for the CFI retained after exploratory factor analysis.
| CFI items | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item 13 | When in difficult situations, I consider multiple options before deciding how to behave. | 0.79 | |
| Item 14 | I often look at a situation from different viewpoints. | 0.79 | |
| Item 5 | I like to look at difficult situations from many different angles. | 0.64 | |
| Item 20 | I consider multiple options before responding to difficult situations. | 0.64 | |
| Item 3 | I consider multiple options before making a decision. | 0.59 | |
| Item 12 | It is important to look at difficult situations from many angles. | 0.55 | |
| Item 19 | I can think of more than one way to resolve a difficult situation I’m confronted with. | 0.50 | |
| Item 6 | I seek additional information not immediately available before attributing causes to behavior. | 0.48 | |
| Item 16 | I consider all the available facts and information when attributing causes to behavior. | 0.46 | |
| Item 18 | When I encounter difficult situations, I stop and try to think of several ways to resolve it. | 0.44 | |
| Item 8 | I try to think about things from another person’s point of view. | 0.35 | |
| Item 10 | I am good at putting myself in others’ shoes. | 0.32 | |
| Item 11 | When I encounter difficult situations, I just don’t know what to do. | 0.83 | |
| Item 7 | When encountering difficult situations, I become so stressed that I cannot think of a way to resolve the situation. | 0.76 | |
| Item 17 | I feel I have no power to change things in difficult situations. | 0.71 | |
| Item 4 | When I encounter difficult situations, I feel like I am losing control. | 0.69 | |
| Item 2 | I have a hard time making decisions when faced with difficult situations. | 0.65 | |
| Item 9 | I find it troublesome that there are so many different ways to deal with difficult situations. | 0.56 | |
| Item 15 | I am capable of overcoming the difficulties in life that I face. | 0.54 | |
| Item 1 | I am good at “sizing up” situations. | 0.41 | |
According to the original CFI items in boldface are 13 items of Alternatives subscale and other 7 items are of Control subscale. Extraction method for the exploratory factor analysis is principal axis factoring. Rotation Method is Promax with Kaiser Normalization.