Table 5.
Exploratory factor analysis item loadings from pattern matrix, mean, standard deviation, skewness, and communality estimates for three-factor FS-SF 9.
| Item | Factor | M | SD | Skew | Comm | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC | OOM | TA | |||||
| 4. I feel at peace even if others are being unreasonable. | 0.63 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 3.45 | 1.16 | 0.18 | 0.67 |
| 13. I remain calm when others are rude to me. | 0.81 | 0.009 | 0.02 | 3.73 | 1.05 | −0.12 | 0.79 |
| 14. I stay unmoved when others insult me. | 1.00 | −0.005 | −0.12 | 3.44 | 1.16 | −0.03 | 0.85 |
| 6. It's easy for me to forget others' faults. | 0.002 | 0.73 | −0.01 | 4.01 | 1.25 | −0.35 | 0.73 |
| 8. I don't take others' faults to heart. | −0.007 | 0.90 | −0.008 | 4.00 | 1.05 | −0.22 | 0.81 |
| 12. I overlook others' mistakes. | 0.02 | 0.78 | 0.04 | 3.98 | 1.06 | −0.21 | 0.76 |
| 5. I listen to others' opinions when I disagree with them. | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.67 | 4.45 | 0.87 | −0.47 | 0.66 |
| 7. I accept other's opinions even if I disagree with them. | −0.07 | 0.18 | 0.65 | 4.40 | 0.83 | −0.35 | 0.66 |
| 11. I try to tolerate others' opinions even if I disagree with them. | 0.01 | −0.04 | 0.64 | 4.28 | 0.84 | −0.31 | 0.66 |
Loadings that are significant at 5% level are shown in bold. FS-SF 9, short-form of Forbearance Scale (9-item); EC, Emotional Calmness; OOM, Overlook Others' Misdeeds; TA, Tolerance and Acceptance; Comm, communality estimate.