Structural validity of the Brazilian version of the Sense of Coherence scale (SOC-13) in oral health research: exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis

Celeste, Roger Keller; Scalco, Giovana Pereira; Abegg, Claides; Pattussi, Marcos Pascoal; Ely, Helenita Correa; Davoglio, Rosane Silvia; do Carmo Matias Freire, Maria

doi:10.1186/s12903-022-02373-1

Table 3 Exploratory factor analysis of the SOC-13 scale in adults and elderly of two south Brazilian municipalities.

From: Structural validity of the Brazilian version of the Sense of Coherence scale (SOC-13) in oral health research: exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis

Variable	Sample 2 (São Leopoldo, n = 1098)						Sample 3 (Porto Alegre, n = 720)
	One Factor Solution	Two-factor solution		Three factorsolution			One Factor Solution	Two-factor solution		Three-factor solution
	Factor1	Factor1	Factor2	Factor1	Factor2	Factor3	Factor1	Factor1	Factor2	Factor1	Factor2	Factor3
	λ	λ	λ	λ	λ	λ	λ	λ	λ	λ	λ	λ
SOC01	0.34	− 0.01	0.37	0.03	*0.41*	− 0.05	0.19	0.04	0.17	0.15	0.00	0.27
SOC02	*0.63*	*0.84*	− 0.02	*0.81*	− 0.04	0.02	*0.52*	*0.77*	− 0.01	*0.83*	0.00	0.13
SOC03	*0.66*	*0.85*	0.03	*0.91*	0.02	− 0.05	*0.61*	*0.76*	0.12	*0.68*	0.24	− 0.01
SOC04	*0.45*	− 0.20	*0.60*	− 0.17	*0.63*	− 0.03	0.26	− 0.29	*0.47*	− 0.15	0.20	0.35
SOC05	*0.43*	0.11	*0.40*	0.13	*0.42*	− 0.01	*0.58*	0.39	0.35	0.34	*0.43*	− 0.02
SOC06	*0.66*	0.02	*0.70*	0.02	*0.63*	0.12	*0.66*	0.14	*0.60*	0.10	*0.62*	0.02
SOC07	*0.49*	− 0.04	*0.55*	− 0.02	*0.56*	0.01	*0.56*	− 0.10	*0.65*	− 0.02	*0.48*	0.24
SOC08	*0.71*	0.09	*0.71*	0.02	*0.45*	*0.41*	*0.75*	0.01	*0.78*	0.02	*0.72*	0.11
SOC09	*0.56*	0.15	*0.53*	− 0.01	0.00	*0.87*	*0.70*	0.19	*0.61*	0.00	*0.88*	− 0.32
SOC10	*0.48*	0.24	*0.40*	0.22	0.28	0.18	*0.60*	0.23	*0.48*	0.20	*0.52*	0.01
SOC11	0.38	0.04	0.39	0.03	0.31	0.13	*0.31*	− 0.02	0.34	0.04	0.23	0.16
SOC12	*0.62*	− 0.06	*0.69*	− 0.03	*0.69*	0.03	*0.57*	− 0.09	*0.66*	0.01	*0.47*	0.29
SOC13	*0.62*	− 0.02	*0.67*	− 0.04	*0.54*	0.23	*0.63*	0.00	*0.66*	− 0.05	*0.68*	− 0.01
Model Fit Indices
RMSEA	0.17	0.07		0.05			0.12	0.04		0.04
CFI	0.70	0.97		0.98			0.84	0.98		0.99
TLI	0.64	0.95		0.97			0.80	0.98		0.98
SRMR	0.12	0.04		0.03			0.08	0.03		0.02

The bold italics refer to loading values >|0.30|
λ = loadings; RMSEA = Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation; CFI = comparative fit index; TLI = Tucker-Lewis index; WRMR = Weighted Root

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