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Table 2 Factor structure of the comprehensibility and persuasiveness scales

From: Perceived effectiveness rating scales applied to insomnia help-seeking messages for middle-aged Japanese people: a validity and reliability study

 

Item score

Factor loadings

Communality

 

Mean

SD

Factor 1

Factor 2

 

(A) Comprehensibility scale

     

 1) Read

3.86

0.96

− 0.07

0.86

0.71

 2) Understand

3.80

0.95

− 0.07

0.93

0.84

 3) Remember

3.57

0.96

0.01

0.84

0.71

 4) Locate

3.60

0.89

0.00

0.87

0.74

 5) Keep

3.67

0.89

0.13

0.76

0.67

(B) Persuasiveness scale

     

 1) Believable

3.34

0.77

0.68

0.13

0.60

 2) Convincing

3.26

0.78

0.72

0.08

0.62

 3) Important

2.94

0.86

0.66

− 0.09

0.42

 4) Confident

2.95

0.83

0.77

− 0.08

0.60

 5) Friends

3.10

0.87

0.72

− 0.04

0.53

 6) Positive thoughts

3.04

0.78

0.73

− 0.05

0.48

 7) Agreeable

3.37

0.71

0.59

0.14

0.45

  1. Comprehensibility scale items were rated on a scale of 1 (very hard) to 5 (very easy). Persuasiveness scale items were rated on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)