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. 2022 Mar 15;13:831092. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.831092

Table 3.

Factor loadings for PCQ-26.

Item Item no. Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3
Connection to the universe 10 0.879 −0.270 0.141
Connection to nature 11 0.874 −0.271 0.217
Sense of awe 1 0.779 −0.192 0.111
Feelings of inner peace 8 0.761 0.305 −0.233
Sense of mindfulness 4 0.699 0.001 0.091
Feelings of joy 13 0.670 0.190 0.024
Feelings of openness 14 0.648 0.023 0.140
Sense of calm 9 0.644 0.390 −0.209
Feelings of contentment 15 0.630 0.280 −0.078
Feelings of gratitude 16 0.621 0.026 0.237
Enjoyment of life 20 0.619 0.250 0.004
Feelings of love 12 0.586 0.075 0.262
Feelings of social connectedness 3 0.525 0.123 0.090
Sense of purpose 17 0.433 0.266 0.132
Quality of sleep 7 −0.224 0.817 0.123
Eating habits 25 −0.260 0.697 0.319
Feelings of irritability 26 0.143 0.695 0.004
Ruminative thinking 23 0.301 0.632 −0.177
Feelings of sexual intimacy 6 −0.084 0.539 0.291
Relationship with life partner 5 0.191 0.447 0.153
Fear of death 24 0.232 0.240 0.224
Philanthropic desire 22 −0.108 0.283 0.720
Desire for world peace 19 0.132 0.040 0.685
Altruistic desire 21 0.243 0.048 0.649
Feelings of empathy 2 0.400 −0.062 0.502
Feelings of compassion 18 0.391 0.092 0.485

Factor loading values are regression coefficients from the pattern matrix.

Loadings in bold font are ≥0.32 with differences in cross-loaded values ≥ 0.2.