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. 2020 Apr 16;15(4):e0231535. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231535

Table 2. Factor loading matrix with promax rotation for anticipated benefit scale items.

Factor Loadings
1 2
To what extent do you think romantic video games make you feel happy? .86 -.05
To what extent do you think romantic video games allow you to feel fantasy love? .81 -.18
To what extent do you think romantic video games reduce your mental stress? .71 .08
To what extent do you think romantic video games increase your confidence? -.04 .85
To what extent do you think romantic video games teach you useful skills for real romance? -.11 .77
To what extent do you think romantic video games develop your social skills? -.04 .71
To what extent do you think romantic video games let you try different romantic partner from the real one? -.10 .22
To what extent do you think romantic video games characters have perfect personality compared to real partner? .57 -.20
To what extent do you think romantic video games make you feel content? .63 .23
To what extent do you think romantic video games make you feel secure? .22 .59
To what extent do you think romantic video games help you to recover from the experience of broken hurt? .16 .46
To what extent do you think you feel jealousy towards a virtual partner in romantic video games if your real partner plays it? -.09 .40
To what extent do you think romantic video games reduce loneliness? .29 .40
Eigenvalue 5.40 1.33
% of total variance 41.50 10.24
Total variance 51.74

Factor loading in bold type were considered for cluster interpretation.