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Table 2 Factor loadings on the six factors in 701 participants

From: Symptom continuum reported by affective disorder patients through a structure-validated questionnaire

Factor

Items

Factor

1

2

3

4

5

6

Psychomotor Acceleration

I am more self-confident

.76

−.06

−.03

.08

−.01

−.09

My mood is higher and more optimistic

.75

.00

−.08

.04

−.03

−.01

I do think more quickly or more easily or both

.73

.06

−.05

−.02

−.06

−.06

I think faster

.67

.09

−.01

.06

.03

.11

I enjoy my work more

.65

−.08

−.04

.11

−.08

−.09

I am less shy or inhibited

.65

.02

−.02

.10

.11

.15

I plan more activities or projects

.59

−.04

−.08

.07

−.07

.16

I am physically more active (in sports etc.)

.56

−.11

−.01

.07

.01

.23

Hopelessness

I feel depressed

−.04

.77

.19

−.05

.28

.01

I feel sad

−.04

.77

.21

−.05

.31

.02

I find it difficult to make up my mind

−.01

.68

.27

−.05

.17

.07

I feel worthless

−.09

.67

.13

−.07

.24

.08

I am tired

.04

.59

−.01

−.06

.03

.08

I complain

.02

.58

.02

.18

.18

.02

Suicide Tendency

I think about committing suicide

−.05

.22

.82

−.01

.13

.03

I am making plans to commit suicide

−.04

−.03

.78

−.03

.08

−.01

I think I would be better off dead

−.11

.34

.73

.02

.11

.05

I think about death

−.04

.29

.69

.02

.18

.04

I am making a suicide attempt

−.05

.01

.69

.01

.11

.10

Overactivation

I have much more energy than usual

.15

−.21

−.10

.72

−.08

−.04

I am much more talkative or speak faster than usual

.09

.07

−.02

.68

−.12

.17

I am much more interested in sex than usual

.11

−.08

−.01

.67

.04

.11

I am much more social or outgoing than usual, for example, I telephone friends in the middle of the night

.11

−.04

−.04

.62

.03

.14

I sleep much less than usual and find I do not really miss it

.07

.08

.06

.59

.05

.03

I feel so good or so hyper that other people think I am not my normal self, or I am so hyper that I get into trouble?

−.06

.03

.07

.49

−.05

.27

Retardation

I speak less

.00

.24

.09

−.07

.82

−.02

My urge to speak is less

.00

.27

.13

−.07

.80

.03

The speed at which I do things is lower

−.08

.32

.19

−.06

.57

.02

My interest in sex is less

−.03

.21

.14

−.07

.50

.03

My appetite is less

.02

.09

.07

.14

.47

.18

Distraction/ Impulsion

I am more easily distracted

−.21

.09

−.05

.02

.02

.61

I take more risks in my daily life (in my work and/or other activities)

.19

.13

.00

.09

.11

.58

My thoughts jump from topic to topic

.27

−.18

.08

.16

.14

.57

I spend more or too much money

.20

.07

.06

.02

−.03

.54

I tend to drive faster or take more risks when driving

.02

.01

.03

.17

.08

.53

I can be exhausting or irritating for others

−.24

.15

.06

.17

−.13

.47

I am more flirtatious, or am sexually more active, or both

.30

−.02

.07

.17

.10

.41

  1. Loadings higher than .40 are presented in bold for clarity