Table 3.

Item factor loadings from CFA, by country

Item	Factor loading (Cameroon)	Factor loading (Senegal)	Factor loading (Uganda)
a. My self-confidence	0.44	0.73	0.52
b. My self-respect	0.45	0.80	0.53
c. My ability to respect others	0.41	0.64	0.45
d. My ability to cope with stress	0.42	0.73	0.50
e. My ability to have close and secure relationships with others	0.40	0.76	0.44
f. My ability to find love	0.50	0.65	0.46
g. My desire to have children	0.34	0.68	0.41
h. My achievement of my personal goals	0.73	0.75	0.75
i. My achievement of my professional goals	0.77	0.79	0.73
j. My ability to contribute to my community	0.60	0.73	0.55
k. My ability to practice a religion/faith as I want to	0.30	0.59	0.30

All factor loadings were significant at p = 0.001

CFA sample sizes were 200 in Cameroon, 203 in Senegal, and 200 in Uganda