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. 2020 Nov 13;11:510029. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.510029

TABLE 7.

Factor loadings for exploratory factor analysis with varimax rotation of subjective feeling items (AESTHEMOS) from Concert 2.

How intensely did you feel this emotion? Joyfulness Sentimentality Tension Surprise Boredom
Made me happy 0.78 0.21 −0.19 0.04 0.06
Invigorated me 0.73 0.15 0.17 −0.01 −0.08
Energized me 0.73 0.04 0.12 −0.05 −0.23
Delight me 0.72 0.39 −0.29 0.02 −0.09
Fascinated me 0.71 0.26 −0.09 0.24 −0.18
Felt something wonderful 0.69 0.46 −0.08 −0.01 −0.01
Spurred me on 0.68 0.14 0.28 −0.04 −0.03
Amused me 0.66 −0.01 −0.09 0.29 0.03
Was impressed 0.65 0.29 −0.10 0.12 −0.23
Was enchanted 0.64 0.45 −0.17 0.00 −0.10
Felt awe 0.56 0.30 0.12 0.02 −0.08
Was funny to me 0.43 −0.19 −0.04 0.38 0.19
Made me feel sentimental 0.24 0.76 −0.03 −0.13 −0.06
Touched me 0.45 0.71 −0.08 −0.09 −0.09
Made me feel melancholic 0.03 0.70 0.18 0.09 −0.09
Felt deeply moved 0.41 0.69 −0.02 −0.05 −0.15
Made me feel nostalgic 0.22 0.68 −0.03 −0.07 −0.07
Made me sad −0.08 0.68 0.23 0.07 −0.18
Calmed me 0.25 0.63 −0.33 −0.04 0.24
Relaxed me 0.34 0.57 −0.27 −0.06 0.23
Made me aggressive 0.12 −0.12 0.75 −0.17 −0.06
Was unsettling to me −0.06 −0.03 0.64 0.28 0.08
Worried me −0.09 0.17 0.63 0.16 −0.15
Made me angry −0.04 −0.12 0.60 −0.13 0.08
Felt oppressive 0.08 0.15 0.59 0.08 0.15
Felt confused −0.07 −0.05 0.53 0.37 0.25
Surprised me 0.45 −0.05 0.19 0.57 −0.14
Baffled me 0.09 −0.07 0.46 0.50 0.22
Bored me −0.40 −0.14 0.27 0.02 0.49
Felt indifferent −0.20 −0.09 0.09 0.07 0.37

Extraction Method: Alpha Factoring, Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization, Factor loadings > 0.40 bold; Based on selection of items from The Aesthetic Emotions Scale (AESTHEMOS), Schindler et al., 2017).