Table 3 Factor loadings for exploratory factor analysis with direct oblimin rotation of Type D Scale 14-Taiwanese version ( N = 254)

Factor 1: Negative Affectivity

2.

I often make a fuss about unimportant things.

.52

-.12

.24

.53

-.12

.25

.53

-.10

.23

1.10

1.27

4.

I often feel unhappy.

.70

.07

.53

.70

.07

.53

.71

.06

.55

0.99

1.29

5.

I am often irritated.

.82

-.08

.62

.80

-.04

.62

.85

-.08

.65

1.33

1.24

7.

I take a gloomy view of things.

.65

.12

.49

.63

.13

.48

.55

.21

.47

0.88

1.18

9.

I am often in a bad mood.

.77

.12

.68

.76

.13

.68

.75

.14

.68

1.10

1.28

12.

I often find myself worrying about something.

.62

.08

.42

.59

.13

.42

.59

.10

.43

0.85

1.10

13.

I am often down in the dumps.

.71

.09

.57

.70

.11

.57

.68

.13

.57

1.20

1.28

Factor 2: Social Inhibition

1.

I make contact easily when I meet people.

-.07

.52

.25

-.07

.46

.19

-.08

.41

.14

1.14

1.37

3.

I often talk to strangers.

-.16

.44

.17

-.18

.45

.17

-

-

-

-

-

6.

I often feel inhibited in social interactions.

.24

.55

.45

.21

.55

.44

.06

.67

.49

0.70

1.05

8.

I find it hard to start a conversation.

.24

.59

.51

.20

.59

.48

.13

.59

.45

1.76

1.43

10.

I am a closed kind of person.

.25

.49

.39

.21

.52

.40

.04

.65

.46

1.20

1.30

11.

I would rather keep other people at a distance.

.25

.44

.33

.19

.50

.37

.09

.56

.37

0.75

1.11

14.

When socializing, I don’t find the right things to talk about.

.13

.61

.45

.07

.66

.48

-.05

.71

.47

0.81

1.14

15.

I would rather keep in the background.

-

-

-

.03

.27

.08

-

-

-

-

-

16.

I don't like to have a lot of people around me.

-

-

-

.23

.43

.32

.17

.45

.31

1.27

1.29