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Table 5 Factor load and communalities of each item in SDLI of 20 Items(n = 509)

From: Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the self-directed learning instrument in Chinese nursing students

Item

F2

F3

F1

F4

Communalities

D11

0.741

-

-

-

0.664

D10

0.696

-

-

-

0.591

D7

0.656

-

-

-

0.607

D9

0.650

-

-

-

0.588

D8

0.516

-

-

-

0.484

D14

-

0.670

-

-

0.540

D16

-

0.664

-

-

0.586

D12

-

0.646

-

-

0.556

D13

-

0.579

-

-

0.488

D15

-

0.527

-

-

0.533

D3

-

-

0.748

-

0.632

D2

-

-

0.696

-

0.540

D4

-

-

0.673

-

0.615

D6

-

-

0.608

-

0.520

D5

-

-

0.491

-

0.401

D1

-

-

0.482

-

0.484

D18

-

-

-

0.762

0.635

D17

-

-

-

0.672

0.568

D19

-

-

-

0.628

0.567

D20

-

-

-

0.547

0.486

  1. F1 contained Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4,Q5 and Q6, F2 contained Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10 and Q11, F3 contained Q12, Q13,Q14,Q15 and Q16, F4 contained Q17, Q18, Q19, and Q20