TABLE 6.
Factor array.
| # | Statement | F1a |
F1b |
F2 |
F3 |
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| Sort | Zsc | Sort | Zsc | Sort | Zsc | Sort | Zsc | ||
| 1 | It’s as if the same things were happening to me. | 2** | 1.1 | –2 | –1.1 | –2 | –0.8 | –1 | –1.0 |
| 2 | Stories make me feel things in different parts of my body. | 3** | 1.8 | –3** | –2.2 | –1 | –0.7 | –2 | –1.1 |
| 3 | I forget where I am when I read. | –1* | –0.5 | –3 | –1.4 | –3 | –1.3 | 3** | 1.7 |
| 4 | I feel connected with what is happening in the story. | 2 | 1.1 | –2** | –1.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 5 | I can’t stop reading. | 1 | 0.6 | –1** | –0.6 | 2 | 1.0 | 3** | 1.9 |
| 6 | It’s as if it were happening in front of my eyes. | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 2* | 1.3 | –1** | –0.9 |
| 7 | I wonder what I would do.† | 0 | –0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 |
| 8 | It’s easier to imagine if I can see it too. | –3** | –2.0 | 3** | 1.8 | –2** | –1.1 | 1** | 0.9 |
| 9 | I imagine it in my head. | 3 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 3* | 2.3 | 1** | 0.5 |
| 10 | I feel things happening inside me. | –2* | –1.2 | –1 | –0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sometimes I am sad. | –1 | –0.7 | 0 | –0.3 | 1** | 0.6 | 0 | –0.1 |
| 12 | I know how the characters feel. | 2 | 1.0 | –2* | –0.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 13 | I am often tense about what will happen next. | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.6 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 14 | It’s hard to describe what it’s like for me. | 0 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0* | –0.4 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 15 | I am never scared. | 0 | –0.3 | –1 | –0.5 | –3 | –1.5 | –3 | –1.3 |
| 16 | I am not always following what I am reading. | –1 | –0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | –2* | –1.2 | 2** | 1.1 |
| 17 | I am a good reader.† | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | –0.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | –0.2 |
| 18 | Some words make me think. | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | –2** | –1.2 |
| 19 | I always know what is happening around me. | –1 | –0.5 | 2** | 0.9 | –1 | –0.7 | –3** | –1.6 |
| 20 | I want it to resemble my life.†† | 0 | 0.0 | –1 | –0.5 | 0 | –0.3 | –1 | –0.5 |
| 21 | When I don’t understand it, I don’t enjoy it. | –3 | –1.6 | 1* | 0.8 | 0* | 0.1 | –2 | –1.0 |
| 22 | It must also be about things I like. | –2* | –1.5 | 2** | 1.7 | 0 | –0.4 | –1 | –0.7 |
| 23 | I want to learn something new. | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | –0.3 | –1 | –0.5 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 24 | Sometimes it reminds me of something or someone. | –2 | –0.8 | 0 | –0.3 | –1 | –0.8 | 0 | –0.4 |
Ranks of distinguishing statements are shown in bold (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01); consensus statements in italics († – non-significant at p > 0.01, †† – non-significant at p > 0.05).