Table 4. Factor loading results from Exploratory Factor Analyses (EFAs) on the full 13-item South African adaptation of the SRPS, and retained items based on EFAs by gender.
| Young women (n = 164) | Young men (n = 87) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor loadings full scale | Factor loadings of retained items | Factor loadings full scale | Factor loadings of retained items | ||
| 1. My partner is quite comfortable when I greet men I know | 0.2444 | - | 1. I am quite comfortable when my partner greets men she knows | 0.3585 | 0.3319 |
| 2. My partner expects me to be at home when he comes to check on me* | 0.1756 | - | 2. I like my partner to be at home when I come to check her, it bothers me if she is not there* | 0.3321 | 0.3430 |
| 3. My partner becomes jealous when I wear things that make me look too beautiful* | 0.4700 | 0.3774 | 3. I become jealous when my partner wears things that make her look too beautiful* | 0.3275 | 0.3382 |
| 4. My partner has more to say than I do about important decisions that affect us | 0.3974 | 0.3732 | 4. I have more to say than my partner does about important decisions that affect us* | 0.1749 | - |
| 5. My partner never tells me who I can spend time with | 0.1080 | - | 5. I never tell my partner who she can see or spend time with | -0.0356 | - |
| 6. I could leave our relationship any time I wanted to. | 0.1980 | - | 6. It might make me sad but my partner is free to leave our relationship any time she wants to | 0.1955 | - |
| 7. My partner does what he wants, even if I don’t want him to* | 0.2963 | 0.3211 | 7. I like to do what I want, even if my partner doesn’t want me to.* | 0.3059 | 0.2970 |
| 8. When my partner and I disagree, he gets his way most of the time* | 0.4576 | 0.4779 | 8. When my partner and I disagree, I get my way most of the time* | 0.6062 | 0.5787 |
| 9. My partner always wants to know where I am* | 0.1743 | - | 9. I like to know where my partner is most of the time* | 0.5352 | 0.5389 |
| 10. My partner expects me to do everything for him* | 0.6696 | 0.6592 | 10. I expect my partner to do things for me like my ironing and cooking* | 0.5072 | 0.4975 |
| 11. Because my partner buys me things he expects me to please him* | 0.5970 | 0.6260 | 11. Because I buy my partner things I expect her to please me* | 0.4811 | 0.4832 |
| 12. My partner lets me know that I am not his only girlfriend* | 0.5301 | 0.5503 | 12. I let my partner know that she is not the only girlfriend I have or could have * | 0.1735 | - |
| 13. My partner expects me to sleep over whenever he chooses* | 0.4013 | 0.3938 | 13. When I want my partner to sleep over I expect her to agree* | 0.6911 | 0.7020 |
*Items were reverse coded
Items in bold were retained in final model (≥3 factor loading)