Table 2.
Structure matrix of the German FROM-16 showing the loading of each item onto the two factors
| Item number | Item description | Exploratory Factor Analysis—English questionnaire (Golics et al. 2014) | Exploratory Factor Analysis—German questionnaire | Equivalent 2-factor Confirmatory Factor Analysis—German questionnaire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional | Personal and social life | Emotional | Personal and social life | Beta (standardized parameter estimates) | ||
| Emotional domain | ||||||
| 1 | I feel worried | 0.696 | – | 0.670 | 0.402 | 0.524 |
| 2 | I feel angry | 0.766 | 0.531 | 0.606 | 0.314 | 0.590 |
| 3 | I feel sad | 0.861 | 0.434 | 0.753 | 0.330 | 0.650 |
| 4 | I feel frustrated | 0.814 | 0.508 | 0.662 | 0.345 | 0.611 |
| 5 | It is difficult to find someone to talk to | 0.613 | 0.519 | 0.512 | -0.036 | 0.268 |
| 6 | Caring for my family member is difficult | 0.461 | 0.503 | 0.435 | 0.579 | 0.637 |
| Personal and social life domain | ||||||
| 7 | It is hard to find time for myself | 0.466 | 0.697 | 0.351 | 0.782 | 0.632 |
| 8 | My every day travel is affected | 0.575 | 0.743 | 0.230 | 0.717 | 0.552 |
| 9 | My eating habits are affected | 0.446 | 0.761 | 0.306 | 0.652 | 0.583 |
| 10 | My family activities are affected | – | 0.761 | 0.582 | 0.503 | 0.643 |
| 11 | I experience problems with going on holiday | – | 0.700 | 0.426 | 0.497 | 0.524 |
| 12 | My sex life is affected | 0.530 | 0.687 | 0.313 | 0.351 | 0.252 |
| 13 | My work or study is affected | 0.437 | 0.769 | -0.067 | 0.715 | 0.463 |
| 14 | My relationships with other family members are affected | 0.517 | 0.723 | 0.463 | 0.524 | 0.554 |
| 15 | My family expenses are increased | – | 0.768 | 0.312 | 0.703 | 0.526 |
| 16 | My sleep is affected | 0.540 | 0.640 | 0.544 | 0.549 | 0.585 |
Extraction method: Principal component analysis. Rotation method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization