Table 3.

Standardized Factor Loadings, Factor Correlations, and IRT Item Parameters of the Final Item Pool

Original Item (Final Item)	Factor Loadings			IRT Item Parameters
	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Discrimination	Difficulty1	Difficulty2
1 (1)	.81			2.50	1.14	0.40
2 (2)	.67			1.64	0.14	−1.60
3 (3)		.89		3.55	7.74	0.37
4 (4)			.68	1.68	3.52	1.35
5 (5)	.55			1.18	4.44	1.20
6 (6)	.64			1.53	3.03	1.59
10 (7)		.61		1.40	3.60	N/A
15 (8)			.48	1.00	0.42	N/A
16 (9)	.76			2.12	2.70	N/A
	Factor Correlations
	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
Factor 1	1.00
Factor 2	.76***	1.00
Factor 3	.52**	.30	1.00

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.

Note: Items 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13 were removed; Items 1 to 6 were collapsed to a 3-point scale.