From: The validity of the Type D construct and its assessment in Taiwan
Item-Total Correlation | α if Item Deleted | |||||
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Item Content | DS14 | DS16-T | DS14-T | DS14 | DS16-T | DS14-T |
Negative affectivity | .86a | .86 a | .86 a | |||
2. I often make a fuss about unimportant things. | .44 | .44 | .44 | .87 | .87 | .87 |
4. I often feel unhappy. | .69 | .69 | .69 | .83 | .83 | .83 |
5. I am often irritated. | .73 | .73 | .73 | .83 | .83 | .83 |
7. I take a gloomy view of things. | .61 | .61 | .61 | .84 | .84 | .84 |
9. I am often in a bad mood. | .72 | .72 | .72 | .83 | .83 | .83 |
12. I often find myself worrying about something. | .58 | .58 | .58 | .85 | .85 | .85 |
13. I am often down in the dumps. | .69 | .69 | .69 | .83 | .83 | .83 |
Social inhibition | .76 a | .76 a | .79 a | |||
1. I make contact easily when I meet people. | .47 | .42 | .39 | .74 | .74 | .79 |
3. I often talk to strangers. | .30 | .30 | - | .78 | .77 | - |
6. I often feel inhibited in social interactions. | .54 | .53 | .60 | .72 | .73 | .75 |
8. I find it hard to start a conversation. | .59 | .57 | .59 | .71 | .72 | .75 |
10. I am a closed kind of person. | .51 | .52 | .55 | .73 | .73 | .76 |
11. I would rather keep other people at a distance. | .45 | .50 | .50 | .74 | .73 | .77 |
14. When socializing, I don’t find the right things to talk about. | .57 | .58 | .58 | .72 | .72 | .75 |
15. I would rather keep in the background. | - | .21 | - | .78 | - | |
16. I don't like to have a lot of people around me. | - | .46 | .45 | .74 | .78 |