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 |