Table 2

Subscales with item analysis ranked in order of factor loadings: main study

Subscale	Item	Factor loading	Skewness	Kurtosis	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach's α if item deleted
Positive emotions	Q4 Calm	0.858	−0.600	0.276	0.732	0.847
	Q6 At ease	0.802	−0.557	0.267	0.707	0.850
	Q9 Content	0.792	−0.458	−0.135	0.700	0.850
	Q1 Relaxed	0.789	−0.531	0.608	0.668	0.856
	Q10 In control	0.714	−0.293	−0.720	0.625	0.862
	Q7 Smiling	0.684	−0.402	−0.305	0.563	0.869
	Q8 Energised	0.674	0.063	−0.342	0.616	0.862
Perceived meaning	Q5 Cared for	0.816	−1.025	1.546	0.666	0.745
	Q2 Valued	0.770	−0.672	0.656	0.643	0.748
	Q11 Informed	0.728	−0.652	−0.032	0.591	0.767
	Q3 Safe	0.677	−1.101	1.473	0.534	0.781
	Q12 Thankful	0.628	−1.381	2.214	0.524	0.786