Spatial anxiety mediates the sex difference in adult mental rotation test performance

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 4 Items retained in the Modified Spatial Anxiety Scale (M-SAS)

		Factor
		1	2	3
1.	Leaving a store that you have been to for the first time and deciding which way to turn to get to a destination ^a	0.72
2.	Finding your way out of a complex arrangement of offices that you have visited for the first time ^a	0.79
3.	Pointing in the direction of a place outside that someone wants to get to and has asked you for directions, when you are in a windowless room ^a	0.57
4.	Locating your car in a very large parking lot or parking garage. ^a	0.47
5.	Trying a new route that you think will be a shortcut, without the benefit of the map ^a	0.65
6.	Finding your way back to a familiar area after realizing you have made a wrong turn and become lost while driving ^a	0.58
7.	Finding your way around in an unfamiliar mall ^a	0.51
8.	Finding your way to an appointment in an unfamiliar city or town ^a	0.59
9.	Constructing a tent at the beach		0.52
10.	Following origami paper folding instructions		0.82
11.	Building a Lego Architecture® Empire State building using the instructions		0.87
12.	Playing Tetris®		0.58
13.	Folding flattened cardboard into a gift box by following the folds/creases		0.44
16.	Solving a 1000-piece puzzle		0.57
17.	Constructing a model house using Legos using only an image of the end product		0.54
18.	Packing a trunk with limited space and a lot of objects^b			0.73
19.	Packing a carry-on suitcase with many belongings^b			0.87
20.	Moving all of your furniture from a larger space into a smaller space^b			0.69

Note. ^a Indicates the original items produced by Lawton (1994)
^b Visualization factor explored in later analysis should be interpreted with caution, as we had fewer than five items loading onto this factor