Questionnaire Items

Sample 1 (n = 966)

Factor Loading

Sample 2 (n = 695)

Factor Loading

Sample 3 (n = 624)

Factor Loading

Sample 4 (n = 673)

Factor Loading

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

13. Judge self by what one thinks as important, not by others

0.71

0.03

0.74

0.10

0.60

−0.06

0.52

0.08

9. Life as a process of learning, changing and growth.

0.69

0.10

0.69

0.12

0.52

0.09

0.53

−0.05

12. Like one’s personality.

0.66

0.16

0.64

0.21

0.63

0.12

0.60

−0.14

14. Good at managing responsibilities and daily life.

0.65

0.19

0.66

0.25

0.63

0.64

−0.02

2. Feel in charge of life situations.

0.64

0.09

0.69

0.16

0.65

0.11

0.57

−0.10

11. Never wander aimlessly through life.

0.63

0.17

0.59

0.26

0.60

0.13

0.59

−0.07

3. Important to have new experiences to challenge self.

0.59

0.02

0.69

0.09

0.62

−0.06

0.43

0.07

6. Pleased with how things turned out in life.

0.52

0.19

0.61

0.17

0.44

0.51

−0.26

10. Perceived by others as a giving person.

0.49

0.14

0.50

0.15

0.44

0.28

−0.12

7. Confidence in one’s opinions.

0.40

−0.21

0.50

−0.29

0.30

−0.29

0.65

0.09

17. Have done all things in life.

0.16

−0.15

0.24

−0.03

0.10

−0.19

−0.08

0.36

4. Difficulty in Maintaining close relationships

0.13

0.63

0.13

0.67

0.08

0.54

−0.06

0.65

18. Disappointed about one’s life achievements.

0.09

0.56

0.18

0.61

0.23

0.47

0.31

0.48

16. Not many experiences with warm and trusting relationships.

0.18

0.53

0.26

0.57

0.17

0.54

0.11

0.82

8. Daily life demand often make one down.

0.03

0.53

0.05

0.68

0.15

0.52

0.16

0.47

15. Give up making life improvements or changes.

0.19

0.52

0.15

0.63

0.24

0.47

0.12

0.41

5. Live one day at a time and without thinking about the future.

0.23

0.43

0.19

0.52

0.27

0.43

0.23

−0.19

1. Influenced by people with strong opinions.

−0.09

0.197

−0.15

0.28

−0.03

0.16

0.19

−0.06

Cronbach’s alpha

0.85

0.70

0.82

0.74

0.81

0.68

0.83

0.56