Table 3.
Rotated Factor Loadings Final Model.
| Item | Is this period in your life a time of… | Factors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | IDEA1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | many possibilities | 0.703 | ExpPos | ||||
| 2 | exploration | 0.800 | ExpPos | ||||
| 3 | experimentation | 0.800 | ExpPos | ||||
| 4 | open choices | 0.729 | ExpPos | ||||
| 5 | trying out new things | 0.763 | ExpPos | ||||
| 6 | feeling adult in some ways but not others | 0.693 | FeelIB | ||||
| 7 | gradually becoming an adult | 0.641 | FeelIB | ||||
| 8 | unsure of having reached full adulthood | 0.722 | FeelIB | ||||
| 9 | finding out who you are | 0.493 | IDExpl | ||||
| 12 | planning for the future | 0.612 | IDExpl | ||||
| 18 | feeling stressed out | 0.869 | NegInst | ||||
| 19 | instability | 0.703 | NegInst | ||||
| 20 | high pressure | 0.932 | NegInst | ||||
| 21 | unpredictability | 0.581 | NegInst | ||||
| 22 | many worries | 0.807 | NegInst | ||||
| 23 | settling down | 0.724 | OtherFoc | ||||
| 24 | responsibility for others | 0.460 | OtherFoc | ||||
| 25 | commitments to others | 0.558 | OtherFoc | ||||
| 27 | responsibility for yourself | 0.486 | SelfFoc | ||||
| 29 | independence | 0.436 | SelfFoc | ||||
Only factor loadings larger than 0.300 are displayed.
1 IDEA subscale = IDEA, Experimentation/possibilities = ExpPos, feeling in-between = FeelIB, identity exploration = IDExpl, negativity/instability = NegInst, other-focus = OtherFoc, and self-focus = SelfFoc.