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. 2021 Sep 21;12:702284. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.702284

Table 1.

Psychometric characteristics of the instrument “Motives of Persons Aggrieved at Work for Seeking Spiritual Assistance (MP-SSA-40)”: prime and secondary factorization.

Scales* Subscales** Nofitems Explained Dispersion, % Cronbach alpha Spearman-Brown Factor Loading (L) Total Item Correlation (r/itt) Principal components F1*** Alpha factoring F1
mean min. max. mean min. max.
DR DRA 7 54.92 0.86 0.82 0.74 0.65 0.79 0.54 0.33 0.80 0.89 0.75
DRC 3 61.87 0.69 0.78 0.59 0.87 0.60 0.28 0.87 0.89 0.75
Explained Dispersion, % 78.48 56.86
VL VLP 6 65.90 0.89 0.87 0.80 0.51 0.87 0.64 0.29 0.86 0.95 0.89
VLO 6 64.64 0.89 0.83 0.80 0.72 0.86 0.64 0.40 0.86 0.95 0.89
Explained Dispersion, % 89.99 79.93
SA SAK 6 67.66 0.90 0.86 0.82 0.74 0.89 0.67 0.46 0.88
MT MTR 5 79.32 0.93 0.90 0.89 0.81 0.92 0.79 0.63 0.92 0.92 0.84
MTC 7 61.50 0.90 0.89 0.78 0.74 0.85 0.61 0.44 0.84 0.92 0.84
Explained Dispersion, % 85.43 70.78
*

Scales: DR, Destructive relationships; VL, Values; SA, Service awareness; MT, Motives.

**

Subscales: DRA, Destructive actions; DRC, Causes of destructive actions; VLP, Personal values; VLO, Values of religious organizations; SAK, Knowledge of assistance provided by religious organizations; MTR, Motives determined by the relation; MTC, Motives determined by circumstances.

***

Principal components (a single-factor model) F1.