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. 2021 Mar 17;33(10):2759–2766. doi: 10.1007/s40520-021-01815-0

Table 3.

Rotated component matrix of S-Anxiety and T-Anxiety scales

Items Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3
S-Anxiety scale
 2. I feel secure 0.802 0.100 0.150
 20. I feel pleasant 0.763 0.117 0.318
 19. I feel steady 0.755 0.048 0.050
 5. I feel at ease 0.740 0.107 0.335
 11. I feel self-confident 0.728 0.165 0.262
 8. I feel satisfied 0.679 0.088 0.292
 16. I feel content 0.625 0.115 0.318
 1. I feel calm 0.618 0.011 0.271
 9. I feel frightened – 0.067 0.866 0.113
 10. I feel comfortable 0.121 0.847 – 0.085
 14. I feel indecisive 0.089 0.828 0.233
 15. I am relaxed 0.305 0.825 – 0.102
 12. I feel nervous 0.098 0.820 0.155
 18. I feel confused 0.295 0.196 0.647
 13. I am jittery 0.012 – 0.232 0.611
 7. I am presently worrying over possible misfortunes 0.337 0.135 0.603
 17. I am worried 0.277 – 0.004 0.593
 3. I am tense 0.471 0.125 0.588
 4. I feel strained 0.386 0.222 0.569
 6. I feel upset 0.415 0.226 0.561
 Variance explained (%) 38.03 15.87 6.31
 Correlation (rrho) with total score 0.46* 0.73* 0.33*
 Cronbach’s α 0.90 0.90 0.80
T-Anxiety scale
 18. I take disappointments so keenly that I can’t put them out of my mind 0.713 0.074 0.157
 12. I lack self-confidence 0.701 0.075 0.038
 4. I wish I could be as happy as others seem to be 0.697 – 0.067 0.157
 9. I worry too much over something that really doesn’t matter 0.686 – 0.094 0.216
 10. I am happy 0.657 0.352 – 0.071
 16. I am content 0.619 0.441 – 0.113
 17. Some unimportant thought runs through my mind and bothers me 0.618 0.105 0.150
 1. I feel pleasant 0.598 0.507 – 0.118
 19. I am a steady persona 0.513 0.502 – 0.087
 14. I make decisions easily 0.132 0.777 0.311
 6. I feel rested 0.069 0.711 0.285
 13. I feel secure 0.086 0.681 0.429
 3. I feel satisfied with myself 0.161 0.638 0.438
 7. I am “calm, cool, and collected” – 0.002 0.614 0.376
 15. I feel inadequate 0.104 0.126 0.762
 5. I feel like a failure – 0.020 0.341 0.751
 8. I feel that difficulties are piling up so that I cannot overcome them 0.266 0.354 0.679
 2. I feel nervous and restless 0.219 0.300 0.678
 11. I have disturbing thoughts 0.247 0.374 0.677
 20. I get in a state of tension or turmoil as I think over my recent concerns and interests – 0.081 – 0.001 0.566
 Variance explained (%) 35.48 15.15 7.26
 Correlation (rrho) with total score 0.45* 0.58* 0.52*
 Cronbach’s α 0.84 0.86 0.84

Major loading > 0.50 for each item are displayed in bold

*p < .001

aItem 19 (T-Anxiety) loaded on two components with a similar extent and was not assigned to any specific factor