Table 2.

Factor structure of the revised 24 item Extracurricular Activities Participation Scale.

Activity	Communalities	Factor loadings
		1	2	3	4
Joining activities related to a class or homework	0.509	−0.005	0.009	0.706	−0.102
Writing	0.365	0.226	0.138	0.512	0.179
Using computers or other high-tech products	0.410	−0.021	−0.090	0.620	−0.131
Meditating	0.481	−0.037	0.182	0.666	−0.048
Exercising	0.512	−0.007	0.005	0.714	−0.035
Listening to music	0.372	−0.043	−0.044	0.585	0.161
Volunteering in the neighborhood	0.567	0.686	0.290	−0.111	0.004
Working for environmental protection	0.435	0.615	0.134	−0.023	0.196
Joining vocational training	0.404	0.586	0.099	−0.016	0.226
Volunteering for children	0.587	0.743	0.130	−0.078	0.110
Participating in political activities	0.437	0.535	0.250	−0.141	0.263
Joining an academic club	0.510	0.677	0.151	0.027	0.168
Volunteering for the elderly	0.644	0.760	0.165	−0.125	0.154
Meeting with professional class teachers	0.391	0.567	0.051	0.239	−0.100
Organizing student activities	0.356	0.538	0.149	0.120	0.172
Volunteering for those in need	0.449	0.584	0.217	0.175	0.172
Attending extracurricular lectures related to personal beliefs	0.500	0.325	0.622	−0.067	0.058
Reading books about personal beliefs	0.735	0.230	0.818	0.088	0.070
Reflecting on beliefs and future aspirations	0.686	0.094	0.807	0.156	0.046
Thinking about faith	0.577	0.246	0.697	0.058	0.164
Participating in activities related to personal beliefs	0.600	0.321	0.607	−0.131	0.335
Engaging in artistic creation	0.401	0.241	0.201	0.061	0.547
Dancing	0.560	0.175	0.032	−0.029	0.726
Attending a play/theatre/stage production	0.644	0.238	0.155	−0.051	0.749
Percent of common variance explained		27.46%	11.27%	6.76%	5.06%
Total common variance explained		50.54%

N = 332. Extraction method: Principal component analysis. Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser normalization. Rotation converged in 4 iterations. Bold values indicates significant dependence of items on relevant factor.