Table 1.
LEQ factor loadings, Cronbach's alpha, MIC, and correlation matrix for the 5-factor solution (n = 247).
Item | Components | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge | Physical | Socialization | Artistic | Leisure | |
ML_ Reading | 0.686 | ||||
YA_ Reading | 0.675 | ||||
LL_ Reading | 0.606 | ||||
ML_Language | 0.573 | ||||
YA_ Language | 0.562 | ||||
LL_ Language | 0.505 | ||||
LL_Kinds of reading materials | 0.474 | ||||
YA_Education score | 0.448 | ||||
LL_ Information sources | |||||
ML_ Physical activity | 0.813 | ||||
YA_ Physical activity | 0.799 | ||||
LL_ Physical activity | 0.735 | ||||
LL_ Work | 0.339 | ||||
ML_ Occupation rank | |||||
ML_ Visiting | 0.786 | ||||
LL_ Visiting | 0.742 | ||||
YA_ Visiting | 0.677 | ||||
LL_ Volunteer | 0.664 | 0.387 | |||
LL_ Social club | 0.341 | 0.412 | |||
ML_ Supervisory role | |||||
ML_ Artistic pastimes | 0.633 | 0.349 | |||
YA_ Artistic pastimes | 0.576 | ||||
LL_ Artistic pastimes | 0.514 | ||||
ML_ Instrument | 0.501 | ||||
YA_ Instrument | 0.410 | 0.495 | |||
LL_ Instrument | 0.443 | ||||
ML_ Travel | 0.636 | ||||
YA_ Travel | 0.552 | ||||
LL_ Entertainment | 0.452 | ||||
LL_ Travel | 0.417 | 0.443 | |||
LL_ Activity of daily living | 0.403 | 0.425 | |||
Eigenvalues | 3.283 | 2.873 | 2.676 | 2.257 | 2.063 |
% of Explained variance | 10.591 | 9.269 | 8.631 | 7.280 | 6.654 |
Cronbach's alpha (Total = 0.703) | 0.721 | 0.705 | 0.724 | 0.568 | 0.530 |
MIC | 0.245 | 0.374 | 0.344 | 0.180 | 0.184 |
Knowledge | 1 | ||||
Physical | 0.108 | 1 | |||
Socialization | −0.018 | 0.182** | 1 | ||
Artistic | 0.192** | −0.018 | −0.119 | 1 | |
Leisure | 0.249** | 0.277** | 0.269** | −0.051 | 1 |
p < 0.01.
YA, young adulthood; ML, mid-life; LL, late-life; MIC, mean interitem correlation. The bold values indicate the corresponding items belonging to each component.