Table 1.
SoAS items | SoPA | SoNA |
---|---|---|
01. I am in full control of what I do | 0.58 | 0.10 |
02. I am just an instrument in the hands of somebody or something else | 0.20 | 0.27 |
03. My actions just happen without my intention | 0.17 | 0.55 |
04. I am the authors of my actions | 0.40 | 0.20 |
05. The consequences of my actions feel like they do not logically follow my actions | 0.15 | 0.36 |
06. My movements are automatic – my body simply makes them | −0.32 | 0.48 |
07. The outcomes of my actions generally surprise me | 0.09 | 0.48 |
08. Things I do are subjects only to my free will | 0.67 | −0.07 |
09. The decision whether and when to act is within my hands | 0.61 | 0.03 |
10. Nothing I do is actually voluntary | 0.23 | 0.31 |
11. While I am in action, I feel like I am a remote controlled robot | −0.06 | 0.49 |
12. My behavior is planned by me from the very beginning to the very end | 0.26 | 0.04 |
13. I am completely responsible for everything that results from my actions | 0.45 | 0.06 |
SS loading/Eigenvalue | 1.91 | 1.45 |
Cumulative Variance | 0.15 | 0.11 |
English translation of items from Tapal et al. (2017); SoPA, Sense of Positive Agency; SoNA, Sense of Negative Agency. The higher of the two loadings appears in bold.