Table 3 Exploratory factors and Explained Variance after rotation for MES
From: Midwifery empathy scale: development and validation for a greek sample
Factors | Rescaled Loadings | Eigen values | Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of Variance | Cumulative Variance | Cronbach’s alpha | Standardised alpha | ||||
Factor 1 (Compassionate Care) | Q6 | 0.626 | 6.158 | 24.632 | 24.632 | 0.720 | 0.731 |
Q12 | 0.719 | ||||||
Q13 | 0.648 | ||||||
Q15 | 0.469 | ||||||
Q20 | 0.534 | ||||||
Factor 2 (Empathetic Ways) | Q14 | 0.640 | 1.792 | 7.169 | 31.801 | 0.564 | 0.577 |
Q18 | 0.739 | ||||||
Q21 | 0.620 | ||||||
Q24 | 0.533 | ||||||
Factor 3 (Emotional Detachment) | Q10 | 0.735 | 1.443 | 5.771 | 37.572 | 0.465 | 0.505 |
Q19 | 0.709 | ||||||
Q25 | 0.650 | ||||||
Factor 4 (Perspective Taking) | Q1 | 0.489 | 1.366 | 5.464 | 43.036 | 0.592 | 0.588 |
Q3 | 0.787 | ||||||
Q7 | 0.756 | ||||||
Factor 5 (Interpersonal Relationship) | Q22 | 0.895 | 1.287 | 5.149 | 48.185 | 0.766 | 0.767 |
Q23 | 0.771 | ||||||
Factor 6 (Standing in the woman’s shoes) | Q8 | 0.753 | 1.205 | 4.821 | 53.006 | 0.514 | 0.515 |
Q11 | 0.682 | ||||||
Factor 7 (Empathetic Tendencies) | Q9 | 0.720 | 1.015 | 4.059 | 57.065 | 0.572 | 0.556 |
Q16 | 0.511 | ||||||
Q17 | 0.488 | ||||||