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. 2017 Sep 28;74(3):419–429. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx116

Table 2.

Inter-Individual Factor Loadings and Factor Correlations for All Items

34–50 year olds 51–65 year olds 66–84 year olds
Negative affect Positive affect Negative affect Positive affect Sad/anxious Angry Positive affect
Restless 0.676 –0.054 0.779 –0.028 0.763 0.073 –0.032
Nervous 0.763 0.007 0.805 –0.005 0.688 0.248 0.023
Jittery 0.771 0.061 0.854 0.066 0.727 0.243 0.115
Irritable 0.805 –0.034 0.824 0.003 0.300 0.685 0.023
Upset 0.890 0.008 0.877 –0.022 0.196 0.817 –0.036
Angry 0.847 0.011 0.848 0.019 0.000 0.912 –0.010
Frustrated 0.826 0.009 0.760 –0.085 0.36 0.598 –0.082
Afraid 0.865 0.072 0.856 0.058 0.611 0.283 0.001
Worthless 0.671 –0.229 0.781 –0.064 0.857 –0.247 –0.192
So sad 0.717 –0.17 0.871 0.010 0.890 0.012 0.079
Hopeless 0.810 –0.178 0.842 –0.044 0.789 –0.027 –0.201
Lonely 0.648 –0.173 0.769 –0.016 0.530 0.037 –0.239
Ashamed 0.765 –0.009 0.884 0.182 0.496 0.315 –0.011
Everything an effort 0.682 –0.038 0.645 –0.054 0.652 0.021 –0.137
In good spirits –0.180 0.786 –0.116 0.839 –0.055 –0.071 0.820
Cheerful –0.111 0.837 –0.034 0.916 –0.023 –0.065 0.853
Extremely happy –0.017 0.715 –0.145 0.610 0.025 –0.087 0.671
Satisfied –0.132 0.840 –0.103 0.885 –0.051 –0.131 0.845
Calm and peaceful –0.204 0.702 –0.15 0.766 0.003 –0.262 0.745
Full of life 0.044 0.933 –0.019 0.903 –0.070 0.013 0.826
Close to others 0.009 0.829 0.100 0.917 0.124 –0.003 0.853
Like you belong –0.045 0.830 0.057 0.901 0.112 0.016 0.872
Enthusiastic 0.032 0.911 –0.002 0.927 0.012 0.082 0.937
Attentive 0.018 0.829 0.050 0.903 0.000 0.098 0.900
Proud 0.105 0.863 0.060 0.852 0.163 –0.084 0.751
Active 0.000 0.784 –0.062 0.776 –0.122 0.160 0.820
Confident –0.009 0.893 0.022 0.937 0.104 –0.008 0.971
Factor correlations
Sad/anxious 0.486
Positive affect –0.581 –0.599 –0.506 –0.394

Factor loadings of .40 or greater are bolded.