Factor Structure of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire in Parkinson’s Disease
Table 2
Rotated loadings for 6-factor exploratory factor analysis.
Escape Avoidance
Confrontive
Planful Problem Solving
Seeking Social Support
Distancing
Faith
Criticised/lectured myself
0.630
Tried not to burn bridges
0.336
Hoped for miracle+
0.568
Went along with fate/luck
0.650
Slept more+
0.597
Tried to forget
0.534
Avoided others+
0.399
Refused to believe+
0.535
Wished situation would go away+
0.564
Fantasies+
0.457
Tried to change person’s mind+
0.707
Expressed anger+
0.843
Took it out on others
0.684
Concentrate on next step+
0.504
−0.353
Inspired to be creative
0.508
Made plan of action+
0.682
Changed something+
0.567
Drew on past experience+
0.572
0.304
Double efforts to work+
0.774
Couple of solutions+
0.778
Stop it interfering with other things
0.336
Talk to find out more+
0.353
0.524
Talked to someone who helped+
0.396
0.530
Look for silver lining
0.316
Accepted sympathy/understanding+
0.724
Asked advice+
0.754
Talked to someone+
0.716
Brought the problem on myself
0.392
Kept others from knowing
0.478
Made light of situation+
0.628
Didn’t let it get to me+
0.618
−0.317
Found new faith
0.327
0.753
Changed myself
0.378
Prayed
0.328
0.632
Note. Loadings ≤0.3 suppressed; bold indicates a loading twice that or greater than the loading on any other factor. +Item loads onto the same factor in the original 8-factor structure WCQ.P < .05.
