Table 3. Overview of the SPS subscales and their standardised factor loadings in the final reduced hypothesised measurement model.

Item Number	Item Description	Latent factors
		EOE	AES	LST
3	Affected by other people’s moods	.486
4	Sensitive to pain	.463
13	Startling easily	.532
14	Rattled under time pressure	.703
16	Annoyed by people putting pressure on me	.640
20	Strong reaction when being hungry	.448
21	Shaken up by changes in life	.620
24	Avoiding upsetting or overwhelming situations	.506
26	Nervous when competing/being observed while performing a task	.583
27	Sensitive or shy as a child	.438
8	Rich inner life		.599
10	Moved by arts/music		.704
12	Conscientious		.495
22	Noticing and enjoying delicate things		.616
6	Sensitive to caffeine			.498
7	Overwhelmed by intense external stimuli			.748
9	Uncomfortable by loud noise			.697
Omitted items:		Dimension following Smolewska, McCabe [5]:
17	Avoiding mistakes/forgetting things	X
2	Awareness of environmental subtleties		X
5	Withdrawing during busy days		X
15	Making people comfortable by adjusting the physical environment		X
18	Avoiding violent movies/TV shows			X
19	Unpleasant arousal			X

Note. The items derive from the Highly Sensitive Person Scale of Aron and Aron [7]. The classification of the items into the dimensions of Ease of Excitation (EOE), Aesthetic Sensitivity (AES) and Low Sensory Threshold (LST) was based on Smolewska, McCabe [5].