| F1 | F2 | F3 |
Factor 1: Emotional Suppression (α = .82) I hid my negative feelings at all costs I tried to control negative feelings by myself I tried to keep negative feelings to myself I did not tell my negative feelings to others Factor 2: Positive Reappraisal (α = .81) I tried to learn something from experiences in order to have positive feelings In order to relieve negative feelings, I tried to think that the experience would be beneficial to me when I get over it In order to have positive feelings, I tried to look for good aspects of things that were happening to me In order to relieve negative feelings, I tried to regard the incident as a good experience Factor 3: Emotional Expression (α = .75) In order to have positive feelings, I did something to let my negative feeling out In order to relieve negative feelings, I tried not to suppress negative feelings inside myself In order to relieve negative feelings, I did something to show my negative feelings In order to have positive feelings, I tried not to bottle up negative feelings inside myself Correlation coefficient F1 F2 |
.93 .83 .66 .50
.06 −.10 .04 .04
−.03 .03 .00 −.08 ? ? |
−.01 .02 −.03 .05
.83 .82 .67 .57
.00 .02 −.14 .22 .28 ? |
.04 −.01 .03 −.14
−.07 −.14 .13 .15
.69 .69 .68 .55 −.17 .18 |