Appendix: Exploratory factor analysis for the three scales for Depression, Life Satisfaction, Social Support. The extraction method was Maximum Likelihood. Depression and Life Satisfaction resulted in 1 factor extracted and 4 iterations were required. Social Support resulted in 3 factors extracted and 6 iterations were required.
| Items | Depression | Life Satisfaction | Social Support Sub-Scales |
| | | Significant others | Family | Friends |
| D4 | 0.857 | | | | |
| D17 | 0.747 | | | | |
| D11 | 0.725 | | | | |
| D2 | 0.592 | | | | |
| D16 | 0.536 | | | | |
| D12 | 0.515 | | | | |
| D5 | 0.438 | | | | |
| LS3 | | 0.837 | | | |
| LS2 | | 0.833 | | | |
| LS4 | | 0.815 | | | |
| LS1 | | 0.698 | | | |
| LS5 | | 0.600 | | | |
| SS5 | | | 0.964 | | |
| SS1 | | | 0.47 | | |
| SS10 | | | 0.461 | | |
| SS3 | | | | 0.874 | |
| SS4 | | | | 0.827 | |
| SS11 | | | | 0.681 | |
| SS8 | | | | 0.498 | |
| SS6 | | | | | 0.971 |
| SS9 | | | | | 0.690 |
| SS7 | | | | | 0.573 |