Annals of General Psychiatry

Table 5 Factor loadings for Greek NEO-PI-3 facet scales after Procrustes rotation

From: Standardization of the NEO-PI-3 in the Greek general population

	Factor					VCC
NEO-PI-3 facet	N	E	O	A	C
N1: Anxiety	.80	–.08	–.05	.00	–.02	.99^a
N2: Angry hostility	.68	–.04	–.13	–.41	–.06	.98^a
N3: Depression	.80	–.24	–.03	.05	–.15	.97^a
N4: Self-consciousness	.67	–.16	–.16	.18	–.06	.97^a
N5: Impulsiveness	.56	.34	.06	–.35	–.26	.98^a
N6: Vulnerability	.59	–.24	–.09	–.08	–.49	.96^a
E1: Warmth	–.16	.61	.11	.47	.21	.98^a
E2: Gregariousness	–.32	.54	.07	.14	.00	.96^a
E3: Assertiveness	–.34	.38	.07	–.51	.27	.94^a
E4: Activity	–.06	.53	–.03	–.15	.47	.94^a
E5: Excitement-seeking	.02	.52	.43	–.23	–.06	.87^b
E6: Positive emotions	–.25	.71	.22	.12	–.05	.95^a
O1: Fantasy	.12	.18	.58	–.14	–.34	.99^a
O2: Aesthetics	.14	.08	.76	.12	.09	.99^a
O3: Feelings	.28	.44	.51	.04	.22	.98^a
O4: Actions	–.23	.08	.53	–.20	–.07	.90^b
O5: Ideas	–.14	.00	.78	–.01	.15	.99^a
O6: Values	–.06	.09	.55	–.02	–.03	.96^a
A1: Trust	–.27	.33	–.05	.51	–.11	.92^b
A2: Straightforwardness	–.06	–.03	–.04	.64	.19	.98^a
A3: Altruism	.02	.34	.06	.59	.46	.93^b
A4: Compliance	–.23	–.14	–.07	.73	–.02	.99^a
A5: Modesty	.23	–.09	–.17	.48	.10	.95^a
A6: Tender-mindedness	.13	.32	.05	.57	.32	.88^b
C1: Competence	–.29	.25	.07	–.03	.65	.98^a
C2: Order	.02	–.08	–.04	.07	.65	.95^a
C3: Dutifulness	.03	.21	.01	.39	.68	.90^b
C4: Achievement-striving	–.08	.29	.06	–.05	.75	.99^a
C5: Self-discipline	–.29	.07	.00	.15	.74	.98^a
C6: Deliberation	–.24	–.30	.00	.25	.66	.99^a
Congruence^c	.97^a	.96^a	.94^a	.96^a	.96^a	.96^a

Note. N = 734. These are principal components rotated to the American normative target (Costa and McCrae, [5]). Loadings greater than .40 in absolute magnitude are given in boldface type. Highest loadings are marked in italics.
Abbreviations: NEO-PI-3 NEO Personality Inventory-3, N Neuroticism, E Extraversion, O Openness, A Agreeableness, C Conscientiousness, VCC variable congruence coefficient.
^aCongruence higher than that of 99% of rotations from random data; ^bCongruence higher than that of 95% of rotations from random data; ^cFactor/total congruence coefficient with target matrix.

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