Table 3.

Summary Data of Items, Inter-Test Correlation, and Factor Loading.

Item No.	Item Description	Mean	Item-Test	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4	Factor 5
21	Strong sense of purpose	2.77	0.57	0.652
22	In control of your life	2.51	0.53	0.531
25	Pride in your achievements	3.16	0.56	0.437
14	Under pressure, focus and think clearly	2.24	0.51	0.371
23	I like challenges	2.54	0.66	0.318
17	Think of self as strong person	2.61	0.64	0.301
20	Have to act on a hunch	2.19	0.50	0.253
19	Can handle unpleasant feelings	2.23	0.53	0.236
13	Know where to turn for help	2.39	0.46	0.225
16	Not easily discouraged by failure	2.28	0.54		0.673
12	When things look hopeless, I don’t give up	2.44	0.42		0.484
18	Make unpopular or difficult decisions	1.93	0.46		0.313
15	Prefer to take the lead in problem solving	2.48	0.50		0.311
24	You work to attain your goals	2.50	0.58		0.243
2	Close and secure relationships	2.05	0.39		0.190
6	See the humorous side of things	2.36	0.46			0.655
7	Coping with stress strengthens	2.54	0.55			0.417
9	Things happen for a reason	2.51	0.35			0.292
8	Tend to bounce back after illness or hardship	2.48	0.48			0.226
4	Can deal with whatever comes	2.37	0.57			0.217
10	Best effort no matter what	2.81	0.60				0.626
11	You can achieve your goals	2.84	0.61				0.538
5	Past success gives confidence for new challenges	2.76	0.57				0.368
3	Sometimes fate or God can help me	2.20	0.27					−0.394
1	Able to adapt to change	2.47	0.47					0.289
Eigen values				6.73	1.39	1.22	1.13	1.08
Variance explained (%)				6.3%	5.4%	5%	5%	2.6%
Cronbach alpha				0.56	0.68	0.80	0.53	0.27