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