Eysenck’s Two Big Personality Factors and Their Relationship to Depression in Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Pain Disorder: A Clinimetric Validation Analysis

Table 4

Eysenck Neuroticism Third principal component: Eigenvalue 1.32.

No.	Symptom	Negative loadings
54	Do you suffer from sleeplessness?	−0.41
68	Have you ever wished that you were dead?	−0.33
84	Are you sometimes bubbling over with energy and sometimes very sluggish?	−0.29
58	Have you often felt listless and tired for no reason?	−0.27
88	Are you touchy about some things?	−0.27
15	Are you an irritable person?	−0.26
7	Do you ever feel “just miserable” for no reason?	−0.21
62	Do you often feel life is very dull?	−0.14
3	Does your mood often go up and down?	−0.14
23	Do you often feel “fed up”?	−0.11
No.	Symptom	Positive loadings
47	Do you worry about your health?	0.49
66	Do you worry a lot about your looks?	0.33
72	Do you worry too long after an embarrassing experience?	0.32
77	Do you often feel lonely?	0.21
31	Would you call yourself a nervous person?	0.20
19	Are your feelings easily hurt?	0.19
38	Do you worry about awful things that might happen?	0.16
41	Would you call yourself tense or “highly-strung”?	0.15
75	Do you suffer from “nerves”?	0.11
80	Are you easily hurt when people find fault with you or the work you do?	0.08
34	Are you a worrier?	0.07
12	Do you often worry about things you should not have done or said?	0.07
27	Are you often troubled about feelings of guilt?	0.05