Table 2. Rotated factor loadings and percentage variance explained (N = 136).

#Item	Item wording	1	2	3	4
	Factor 1—Relationships with others
#15	I want more opportunities to be appreciated by others	0.88	0.00	-0.01	-0.17
#14	I want more opportunities to be appraised by others	0.84	-0.06	0.12	-0.11
#19	I want to be trusted more by others	0.78	-0.02	0.13	0.00
#23	I want to be approved of by my family	0.74	-0.13	0.03	0.08
#21	I want opportunities to have my opinions be heard in the workplace	0.69	0.29	-0.34	-0.02
#5	I want new friends	0.53	0.10	0.10	0.06
#20	I want to expand my range of activities	0.50	0.08	0.24	-0.04
#22	I want opportunities to be relied on by colleagues	0.48	0.39	-0.01	-0.08
#4	I want to spend more time with others	0.47	0.01	0.21	-0.03
#24	I want colleagues to provide some support in my personal life	0.40	0.23	-0.16	0.23
	Factor 2 –Personal growth
#27	I want to acquire new skills	-0.02	0.73	-0.10	0.10
#16	I want to utilize my skills	0.00	0.72	-0.03	0.14
#1	I think that working is interesting	-0.12	0.58	0.00	-0.13
#26	I want to be appointed to a responsible position	0.16	0.52	0.09	-0.02
#17	I want to utilize my experiences	0.28	0.46	0.03	0.02
#34	I want to experience some achievement in the workplace	0.19	0.46	0.17	0.04
#2	I want to gain the feeling of tension to some extent	-0.13	0.43	0.41	-0.11
	Factor 3 –Change of lifestyle
#11	I want something to do everyday	-0.02	0.00	0.77	0.07
#12	I want to lead a well-regulated life	0.07	-0.13	0.73	0.04
#9	I want to lead a lively life	0.21	0.01	0.55	0.03
#10	I want to acquire a new role	0.01	0.37	0.41	0.09
	Factor 4 –Pressure from others
#33	I am told by people other than my family members that I should work	-0.25	0.16	0.11	0.90
#30	I am told by my family members that I should work	0.26	-0.11	-0.02	0.55
	Variance explained (%)	58.0	46.0	35.5	19.5

Note. |Factor loadings| > 0.40 are in boldface.

# Item number in the tentative questionnaire used in this study