Table 4.

Item loadings for the two extracted components for camouflaging reasons

Item	Conventional reasons	Relational reasons
To communicate your ideas or work	0.831
To perform well at your job or at university	0.791
To aid working with classmates or colleagues	0.736
To get others to take you, your ideas, or work seriously	0.731
To get a job	0.607
To reduce awkwardness in social interactions	0.551
To impress your superiors at work or lecturers at university	0.511
To demonstrate that I am a responsible person	0.477
To get a promotion	0.449
To make friends		0.796
To seem attractive to a potential romantic partner		0.750
To appear likeable		0.700
To bond with others		0.684
To fit in with others		0.568
To demonstrate my successes		0.543
To express my trustworthiness		0.425
To express my intelligence		0.402

Note Four items did not load onto the two components: ‘To reduce stigma, stereotypes or discrimination against you’; ‘Because it is expected of you’; ‘To find a flat or house to live’ and ‘To make others feel more comfortable’