Table 2 Factor loadings based on a principal component analysis extraction with Varimax rotation
Factor1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q12. The delivery is troubling me | 0.836 | |||
Q11. I often think about choices concerning the delivery | 0.763 | |||
Q13. I get very tense hearing stories about deliveries | 0.751 | |||
Q5: I worry about the delivery | 0.632 | |||
Q10: I am afraid I will lose self-control during delivery | 0.573 | |||
Q2: I feel like my partner and I enjoying my pregnancy together | 0.976 | |||
Q4: The pregnancy has brought my partner and I close together | 0.761 | |||
Q8: I feel supported by my partner | 0.757 | |||
Q15: I can really share my feelings with my partner | 0.715 | |||
Q1: I’m enjoying my pregnancy | 0.625 | |||
Q3: I worry about pregnancy | 0.722 | |||
Q6: I worry about health of my baby | 0.546 | |||
Q14: I am concerned that the physical discomforts of pregnancy might persist after the childbirth | 0.481 | |||
Q16: I worry about gaining too much weight | 0.432 | |||
Q7: I worry about my job once the baby is born | 0.799 | |||
Q9: I worry about our financial situation after child birth | 0.719 | |||
% of Variance | 27.94 | 17.14 | 7.97 | 6.030 |
Cumulative % | 27.94 | 45.35 | 53.32 | 59.63 |