TABLE 3.

Factor loadings and communalities for the 27 items in Study 1.

Items	Factors loading					Communality
	Component 1	Component 2	Component 3	Component 4	Component 5
13. I would admit to being more than a little paranoid about people I meet.	–0.717					0.565
10 It is better to be suspicious of people you have just met, until you know them better.	–0.713					0.649
16. Experience has taught me to be doubtful of others until I know they can be trusted.	–0.683					0.727
15. Basically, I tend to be distrustful of others.	–0.627					0.722
12. Only a fool would trust most people.	–0.625					0.666
2. Most people try to take advantage of me.	–0.564					0.559
7. It is better to trust people until they prove otherwise than to be suspicious of others until they prove otherwise.	0.445					0.544
22. I almost always believe what people tell me.		0.720				0.608
19. I tend to take others at their word.		0.616				0.639
8. I accept others at “face value.”		0.600				0.527
24. Most people are basically good and kind.			0.801			0.757
3. Most of the time people are helpful.			0.777			0.585
23. Most people are basically honest.			0.770			0.702
9. Most people are trustworthy.			0.744			0.777
1. Most people can be trusted.			0.716			0.745
27. Most people will respond in kind when they are trusted by others.			0.639			0.519
17. I have a lot of faith in the people I know.				–0.858		0.745
21. I feel I can depend on most people I know.				–0.797		0.675
20. When it comes to people I know, I am believing and accepting.				–0.726		0.691
11. I make friends easily.					–0.792	0.564
4. I tend to be accepting of others.					–0.518	0.484
6. Basically I am a trusting person.		0.471			–0.477	0.696
26. I am trustful.					–0.459	0.565
18. Even during “bad times,” I tend to think that things will work out in the end.					–0.433	0.309
5. My relationships with others are characterized by trust and acceptance.				–0.400	–0.424	0.475