Table 3 Revised exploratory factor analysis of the primary Inventory of Personality Organisation (IPO) items (N = 353)
No. | Question | Factor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | 1 | 2 | 3 |
55 | I can't tell whether I simply want something to be true | 0.85 | -0.10 | 0.01 |
42 | I see things that turn out to be something else | 0.75 | -0.06 | 0.02 |
51 | I understand things that nobody else is able to understand | 0.73 | -0.08 | 0.06 |
54 | I feel as if I have been somewhere before when I really haven't | 0.64 | -0.08 | -0.01 |
39 | I am not sure whether a voice I have heard is my imagination | 0.63 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
49 | My wishes/thoughts will come true as if by magic | 0.59 | -0.17 | -0.03 |
47 | I do things to upset other people | 0.57 | -0.03 | 0.06 |
52 | I cannot tell when certain things would appear crazy to others | 0.56 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
41 | I feel as if I'm someone else | 0.54 | 0.04 | 0.16 |
43 | When uncomfortable, I can't tell whether it is emotional or physical | 0.54 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
57 | I never know how to conduct myself with people | 0.48 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
29 | Important people suddenly change towards me | -0.11 | 0.78 | 0.01 |
28 | When others see me as having succeeded, I'm elated | -0.04 | 0.70 | -0.02 |
30 | It is hard for me to be sure about what others think of me | -0.24 | 0.69 | 0.22 |
36 | After being involved with people, I find out what they are really like | 0.03 | 0.64 | 0.08 |
20 | I behave differently in different situations | -0.11 | 0.56 | 0.30 |
34 | My life goals change frequently | 0.38 | 0.50 | -0.37 |
35 | My goals keep changing | 0.40 | 0.49 | -0.30 |
25 | It's hard for me to say no | 0.04 | 0.45 | 0.08 |
27 | I pick up interests and then drop them | 0.18 | 0.45 | -0.10 |
32 | I see myself in different ways at different times | 0.20 | 0.45 | 0.12 |
31 | Being alone is difficult | -0.18 | 0.43 | -0.05 |
11 | People use me | -0.05 | 0.07 | 0.71 |
4 | People turn against me or betray me | -0.02 | 0.02 | 0.67 |
10 | People are basically either good or bad | 0.18 | -0.22 | 0.57 |
15 | People either overwhelm me with love or abandon me | 0.33 | -0.04 | 0.51 |
12 | I act in unpredictable and erratic ways | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.40 |
8 | I don't get what I want | 0.07 | 0.29 | 0.36 |
| Â | Percentage variance explained | 29.4% | 6.7% | 5.3% |