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Table 2 Two-component solution: Promax rotation with Kaiser normalization

From: Construct development: The Suicide Trigger Scale (STS-2), a measure of a hypothesized suicide trigger state

STS-2 numbered items

Component 1 factor loadings

Component 2 factor loadings

18. Strange sensations in body or on skin

.872

 

19. Something happening to body

.847

 

39. Headache from too many thoughts in head

.808

 

5. Unusual physical sensations

.797

 

20. Thoughts racing

.779

 

21. Have no control

.743

 

37. Pressure in head from thinking too much

.731

 

6. Head could explode from too many thoughts

.699

 

11. Head or body parts changed in size or shape

.658

 

30. Doomed

 

.741

1. Wake up tired and not refreshed

 

.739

32. Would like troubling thoughts to go away but they won't

 

.737

34. Hope of change (reversed)

 

.679

23. Think things will be normal again (reversed)

 

.676

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BMC Psychiatry

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