Table 1

Comparing the descriptive Statistics and Factor Analytic Findings of the PSS-10 between Roberti et al's study and the present study

Item

Factor I

Factor II

Communality

Roberti et al's[12]

The present study

Roberti et al's[12]

The present study

Roberti et al's[12]

The present study

1

0.81

0.881

-0.17

-0.02

0.46

0.76

2

0.64

0.867

0.17

0.045

0.56

0.79

3

0.71

0.663

-0.01

-0.107

0.44

0.38

6

0.63

0.547

0.02

0.162

0.4

0.42

9

0.53

0.759

0.15

0.035

0.43

0.61

10

0.67

0.801

0.15

0.054

0.58

0.69

4

-0.05

-0.054

0.79

0.638

0.49

0.37

5

-0.04

-0.006

0.83

0.761

0.54

0.57

7

0.00

0.381

0.70

0.798

0.46

0.49

8

0.21

0.516

0.57

0.868

0.52

0.78

Eigenvalue

5.07

5.05

1.12

1.60

Total

Total

%variance

50.66

50.53

11.23

15.97

61.9

66.47

M

12.09

5.25

6.06

5.10

SD

4.72

4.9

2.20

3.77

Cronbach's alpha

0.85

0.90

0.82

0.83

Roberti et al's study[12] N = 285; The present study N = 111

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