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Table 3 Rotated factor loadings by ethnic group and subscale

From: Score reliability and factor similarity of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) among four ethnic groups

ORIGINAL SUBSCALE European American Latina American Asian American African American
  Factor Factor Factor Factor
Item 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
INFO                 
1 -.03 .85 -.02 -.04 -.07 .91 -.01 -.06 .05 .73 -.08 -.05 .06 .82 .02 .13
5 -.05 .85 -.00 .08 -.03 .87 .05 -.06 .01 .77 -.04 -.05 .07 .82 .02 .10
9 .02 .82 .05 -.07 .07 .78 .03 .00 -.06 .83 .07 -.04 -.09 .79 .02 -.15
13 .05 .88 -.04 -.06 .06 .81 .02 .00 -.06 .92 .03 .03 -.09 .74 -.06 -.18
17 -.04 .92 .00 .03 .09 .84 -.10 .05 .01 .93 -.04 .04 -.07 .88 -.04 -.10
21 .00 .89 .03 -.02 .01 .92 -.03 -.00 .09 .88 -.03 .07 -.05 .90 -.05 -.08
25 .06 .86 -.01 .01 .01 .81 .06 .07 .04 .86 .01 -.01 .13 .88 -.03 .05
28 .04 .83 .02 .08 -.01 .81 .07 .07 -.05 .88 .07 -.04 .04 .83 .08 .00
29 .07 .81 .00 .05 .06 .77 .05 .08 -.03 .82 .07 -.04 .05 .80 .10 .05
PRES                 
2 -.02 .00 -.04 .90 .02 .07 -.09 .86 .83 -.01 -.03 -.05 .80 -.07 .03 -.12
6 .21 .09 -.07 .69 -.01 .20 -.02 .77 .66 .02 -.07 -.29 .76 .10 -.05 -.09
10 .08 -.02 -.02 .89 .03 -.06 -.02 .96 .85 -.03 -.04 -.10 .98 -.05 .01 .03
14 .20 -. 01 -.01 .77 .09 .01 .01 .84 .77 .05 .06 -.10 .68 .13 .00 -.21
18 -.11 .01 .07 .95 -.02 -.08 .10 .86 .91 .01 .03 .06 .79 -.01 .10 -.08
22 -.04 -.01 .13 .83 .03 -.02 .16 .72 .82 .02 .16 .10 .76 .08 .13 .02
26 .06 .08 .00 .81 .03 .04 .00 .85 .78 .07 .01 -.07 .66 .07 -.01 -.25
INT-GEN                 
3 .77 -.02 -.00 .11 .77 .15 -.08 .03 .21 .16 -.02 -.56 .13 .03 -.03 -.73
4 .74 .06 .04 .10 .91 -.03 -.03 .03 .06 .03 -.03 -.85 -.04 .12 .11 -.76
7 .87 -.00 -.01 -.04 .79 .04 .05 -.06 .13 .09 -.16 -.65 .24 .06 -.03 -.64
8 .82 .08 -.02 .03 .89 -.02 -.02 .05 -.03 -.03 .01 -.95 .07 .19 .07 -.69
11 .90 -.03 .04 -.06 .88 .05 .02 -.04 .11 .02 .09 -.70 -.00 .03 .10 -.80
12 .85 .02 .01 .04 .85 -.02 .01 .11 .07 .02 .06 -.80 .22 -.02 .04 -.68
15 .72 .04 .09 .02 .74 .06 -.00 .05 .07 .19 .19 -.49 .03 -.09 .05 -.83
16 .85 .07 .00 .02 .82 .03 .01 .10 .01 .09 .02 -.82 .20 .10 .11 -.62
27 .43 .13 . 09 .29 .35 .12 .06 .35 .36 .18 .14 -.25 .17 .03 .06 -.61
INT-ATH                 
19 .26 -.04 .56 .13 .30 .04 .53 .03 .19 .01 .55 -.17 -.01 .05 .64 -.30
20 .26 .02 .40 .17 .61 -.10 .26 .01 .06 .02 .34 -.44 .20 .10 .42 -.17
23 .01 -.02 .93 -.06 -.10 .12 .87 .11 .05 .01 .92 .03 .11 -.04 .93 .08
24 .03 .01 .86 -.02 .10 -.03 .88 -.05 -.08 -.04 .75 -.26 -.11 .03 .89 -.07
30 -.08 .08 .74 .06 -.01 .10 .69 .09 .09 .09 .72 .10 .04 .01 .84 .02
  1. Note. Items are organized by the four subscales identified by Thompson et al., 2004. Specifically, INFO = Information; PRESS = Perceived Pressure; GEN = Thin-ideal Internalization; ATH = Athletic-ideal Internalization. Items with factor loadings ≥ .40 are in bold.