Table 2.
Factor loadings for exploratory factor analysis of the university students version of obsessive-compulsive tendencies Scale with promax rotation.
| Item numbers | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Mean | SD | Correlation with remainder | Alpha after deletion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Checking | |||||||||
| 21 | .83 | .13 | -.01 | -.19 | -.04 | 3.01 | 1.31 | .62 | .74 |
| 39 | .76 | .12 | -.08 | -.20 | .21 | 2.86 | 1.30 | .67 | .72 |
| 23 | .60 | -.20 | .00 | .22 | -.09 | 3.53 | 1.12 | .48 | .77 |
| 13 | .42 | .02 | .07 | .18 | -.08 | 3.36 | 1.04 | .47 | .77 |
| 29 | .42 | .30 | -.08 | .27 | .11 | 3.05 | 1.34 | .61 | .74 |
| 7 |
.39 |
.02 |
.09 |
.00 |
.03 |
3.14 |
1.21 |
.39 |
.79 |
| 2. Ordering | |||||||||
| 24 | .14 | .83 | -.16 | .01 | .03 | 2.46 | 1.15 | .71 | .74 |
| 37 | -.04 | .82 | .02 | .01 | .07 | 2.30 | 1.16 | .72 | .74 |
| 10 | .05 | .63 | .23 | .10 | -.20 | 2.36 | 1.09 | .59 | .80 |
| 28 |
.03 |
.61 |
-.05 |
-.05 |
.15 |
2.61 |
1.25 |
.57 |
.82 |
| 3. Cleaning | |||||||||
| 4 | .04 | .15 | .67 | .03 | -.19 | 2.72 | 1.32 | .56 | .74 |
| 8 | .15 | -.07 | .66 | .08 | -.09 | 3.32 | 1.19 | .57 | .74 |
| 3 | .03 | -.08 | .65 | .08 | -.04 | 3.39 | 1.18 | .54 | .75 |
| 1 | -.03 | -.15 | .65 | -.15 | .12 | 2.81 | 1.23 | .53 | .75 |
| 34 | -.14 | .08 | .51 | .00 | .34 | 2.53 | 1.19 | .53 | .75 |
| 12 |
.00 |
.16 |
.47 |
-.07 |
.07 |
2.67 |
1.28 |
.46 |
.77 |
| 4. Indecisiveness | |||||||||
| 31 | .00 | .03 | -.02 | .79 | -.03 | 3.48 | 1.12 | .67 | .81 |
| 30 | -.10 | .20 | -.04 | .77 | .14 | 3.10 | 1.20 | .69 | .80 |
| 2 | .02 | -.02 | -.04 | .69 | -.09 | 3.33 | 1.28 | .61 | .82 |
| 32 | -.16 | -.01 | .22 | .63 | .14 | 3.26 | 1.23 | .60 | .82 |
| 5 | -.06 | -.01 | -.05 | .63 | .01 | 3.42 | 1.1 | .55 | .83 |
| 22 |
.05 |
-.06 |
-.02 |
.61 |
.07 |
3.22 |
1.21 |
.63 |
.82 |
| 5. Obsessions | |||||||||
| 33 | -.12 | .08 | .01 | .10 | .69 | 2.74 | 1.30 | .55 | .68 |
| 27 | -.02 | .09 | -.03 | -.06 | .57 | 2.56 | 1.24 | .43 | .72 |
| 6 | .09 | .21 | -.06 | .22 | .52 | 2.97 | 1.16 | .55 | .68 |
| 36 | .02 | .11 | .06 | -.01 | .49 | 2.58 | 1.19 | .42 | .72 |
| 26 | .12 | -.02 | -.08 | .17 | .41 | 3.19 | 1.13 | .51 | .70 |
| 9 |
.18 |
-.18 |
.09 |
.00 |
.35 |
3.41 |
1.18 |
.41 |
.72 |
| Correlations between the factor | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | |||||
| F1 | .25 | .35 | .56 | .50 | |||||
| F2 | .31 | -.04 | .14 | ||||||
| F3 | .26 | .37 | |||||||
| F4 | .55 | ||||||||