Table 3 Evaluation of psychometric properties of the SOC total scale and its three sub-dimensions (N = 142)
SOC Total scale | SOC Sub-dimensions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Step | Original (13 items) | Reduced (12 items) | Meaningfulness (4 items) | Comprehensibility (5 items) | Manageability (4 items) | |
2 | Item misfit | #1 | None | None | None | None |
3 | Variance explained | |||||
1st dimension % | 39.0% | 39.1% | 58.4% | 43.4% | 52.3% | |
2nd dimension % | 10.0% | 10.5% | 15.8% | 18.3% | 20.0% | |
4 | Person misfit, n (%) | 10 (7.0) | 11 (7.7) | 8 (5.6) | 9 (6.3) | 7 (4.9) |
Maximum score, n (%) | None | None | None | None | None | |
Minimum score, n (%) | None | None | None | None | None | |
5 | Person-separation index (without extremes) | 2.05 | 2.01 | 1.71 | 1.30 | 1.46 |
6 | Cronbach’s alpha | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.74 |