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Table 4 Factor loadings from the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses

From: The future disposition Inventory-24: reliability and validity estimates in a large sample of Chinese University students

 

EFA(n1=1037)

CFA(n2=1037)

1

2

3

1

2

3

 

Factor1

  

Factor1

  

1

0.733

-0.443

0.237

0.928

  

2

0.754

-0.393

0.186

0.934

  

5

0.741

0.014

-0.079

0.740

  

7

0.771

-0.089

-0.029

0.799

  

10

0.846

0.060

-0.145

0.867

  

11

0.833

-0.004

-0.135

0.841

  

13

0.767

0.017

-0.167

0.800

  

15

0.750

0.009

-0.090

0.714

  
  

Factor2

  

Factor2

 

3

-0.030

0.737

0.114

 

0.789

 

6

-0.090

0.743

0.196

 

0.892

 

8

-0.124

0.828

0.122

 

0.915

 

9

-0.101

0.754

0.130

 

0.867

 

17

-0.079

0.735

0.295

 

0.936

 

18

-0.101

0.743

0.290

 

0.969

 

22

-0.248

0.445

0.523

 

0.937

 

23

-0.220

0.451

0.525

 

0.897

 
   

Factor3

  

Factor3

4

-0.057

0.624

0.213

  

0.841

12

0.079

0.158

0.501

  

0.561

14

0.082

0.178

0.569

  

0.625

16

-0.106

0.473

0.395

  

0.825

19

0.112

-0.132

0.781

  

0.508

20

-0.028

0.022

0.809

  

0.680

21

-0.121

0.281

0.623

  

0.848

24

-0.102

0.244

0.633

  

0.808

  1. EFA = Exploratory Factor Analysis; CFA = Confirmatory Factor Analysis; n1 and n2 were two random sample