Table 2: Results of principal components analysis. The loadings are scaled so that the sum of the squared loadings for a given component is equal to one. Dashes ( – ) indicate loadings smaller than 0.1.

Loadings Comp 1 Comp 2 Comp 3 Comp 4 Comp 5 Comp 6
             
Religion 0.91 -0.39 0.15
Parenthood 0.37 0.61 -0.54 -0.41 0.17
Accomplishment 0.14 0.42 0.27 0.42 0.11 0.74
Leisure 0.12 0.49 0.32 0.44 -0.67
Mortality salience 0.21 0.69 -0.67 -0.17
Negative mood 0.15 -0.18 0.11 -0.96
             
Proportion Variation 0.395 0.200 0.146 0.122 0.069 0.066
Cummulative Variation 0.395 0.596 0.742 0.864 0.934 1.000