How to Measure “Short-Term Hormonal Effects”?

Table 2

Internal structure of the “Short-term Hormonal Effects (SHEs)” scale (factorial analysis; Italian normative survey; n = 228). The analysis determined five domains (explaining 66.1% of the total variance). The numbers in the table are factor loadings. Only loadings over 0.5 are shown.

	Factors/Domains
Items	(1) SEX	(2) MENS	(3) HORM	(4) PSYCH	(5) Abdom
(1) Depressive mood				0.76
(2) Feeling worried				0.83
(3) Restlessness or irritability				0.77
(4) Increased appetite, food cravings			0.67
(5) Temporary weight gain			0.80
(6) Swelling of extremities			0.81
(7) Painful menstrual period		0.85
(8) Significant premenstrual complaints that improve when the menstrual flow began		0.80
(9) Strong menstrual bleeding		0.81
(10) Less sexual fantasies/thoughts	0.83
(11) Less satisfaction/enjoyment with sexual act	0.83
(12) Reduced sexual arousal	0.82
(13) Abdominal pain					0.61
(14) Cyclic bleedings from guts or bladder					0.79
(15) Cramps of guts or bladder					0.50