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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2022 Jan 29;15(3):447–463. doi: 10.1002/aur.2675

TABLE 3.

Factor loadings of the behavioral exploratory factor analysis (BFA)

Factor

BFA-1 BFA-2 BFA-3 BFA-4 BFA-5 BFA-6

Submissive behavior 0.755 −0.065 0.116 −0.048 −0.017 −0.177
Grimace 0.548 0.018 −0.142 0.062 0.136 −0.027
Touch 0.547 0.070 0.281 0.114 −0.131 0.233
Anxiety 0.522 −0.027 0.245 0.357 * −0.122 −0.093
Leave behind 0.293 0.650 0.220 0.195 −0.274 −0.120
Proximity (duration) −0.163 0.651 −0.097 0.051 −0.042 −0.096
Social play −0.028 −0.372 0.131 0.115 −0.085 −0.24
Aggression 0.122 0.066 0.576 0.017 −0.131 0.071
Display −0.068 −0.108 0.482 0.319 * −0.074 −0.055
Sex-related behaviors 0.042 −0.084 0.322 0.014 0.144 −0.018
Eye-gaze 0.222 0.153 0.365 * 0.541 −0.056 0.004
Groom soliciting 0.119 0.256 0.265 0.63 0.006 −0.043
Solitary play (duration) 0.005 −0.067 −0.06 0.355 −0.004 −0.014
Sitting alone 0.007 −0.068 −0.004 −0.037 0.887 −0.072
Contact (duration) −0.103 0.116 0.043 −0.044 −0.08 0.772
Eigenvalue 3.093 1.834 1.549 1.240 1.124 1.003
% of variance 20.621 12.227 10.329 8.269 7.497 6.688

Note: Bold black letters indicate high factor loadings,

*

indicates cross-loading behaviors. Eigenvalues and percent of variance explained of each factor are shown at the bottom of the table.