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Table 6 Component matrix of principal component analysis with the varimax rotation method (Kaiser normalization applied)

From: Prevalence of depressive symptoms among schoolchildren in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Items of the CDI scale

Component

1

2

3

4

5

Item 1 (sadness)

0.641

0.190

 

0.195

 

Item 2 (pessimism)

0.256

0.526

  

0.190

Item 3 (self-inefficacy)

 

0.284

 

0.482

0.171

Item 4 (anhedonia)

0.175

0.245

0.391

  

Item 5 (negative self-concept)

 

0.174

 

0.279

0.531

Item 6 (worryingness)

0.625

0.193

   

Item 7 (self-acceptance

0.378

0.591

   

Item 8 (self-blaming)

0.123

0.467

 

0.270

0.339

Item 9 (suicidal thinking)

0.263

0.255

0.177

0.128

0.229

Item 10 (tearfulness)

0.577

0.293

   

Item 11 (irritability)

0.506

0.396

   

Item 12 (socializing)

0.229

 

0.210

 

0.002

Item 13 (indecisiveness)

0.125

0.189

   

Item 14 (self-image)

0.216

0.670

0.185

 

−0.139

Item 15 motivation)

0.173

  

0.663

 

Item 16 (sleep)

0.488

 

0.187

0.330

 

Item 17 (tiredness)

0.493

0.208

0.193

−0.136

0.266

Item 18 (appetite)

0.515

−0.137

0.220

0.163

 

Item 19 (hypochondriasis)

0.451

 

0.165

  

Item 20 (loneliness)

0.325

0.331

0.547

  

Item 21 (school enjoyment)

0.125

 

0.543

0.235

 

Item 22 (friendship)

 

0.254

0.697

  

Item 23 (school performance)

  

0.244

0.677

 

Item 24 (self-esteem)

 

0.531

 

0.416

 

Item 25 (feeling loved)

 

0.569

0.380

  

Item 26 (submissiveness)

    

0.825

Item 27 (inter-personal difficulties)

  

0.607

0.186

0.277

  1. With italics are marked the items grouped in each factor according to the constructors of the scale [35, 36]. Factor loadings lower than 0.10 have not been reported herein