Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 3 Pattern matrix for the PCA of the 11 adjectives on the appreciation questionnaire (N = 703)

From: Different routes to liking: how readers arrive at narrative evaluations

	Pattern matrix
	Interest	Sadness	Suspense	Amusement	Beauty
Beautiful	0.11	− 0.01	− 0.12	0.02	0.92
Boring	− 0.90	− 0.01	− 0.01	0.01	− 0.06
Deeply moving	0.20	0.35	0.41	− 0.03	0.32
Funny	0.25	− 0.01	− 0.25	0.84	− 0.17
Interesting	0.51	0.05	0.18	0.13	0.32
Ominous	− 0.05	0.12	0.88	− 0.05	− 0.10
Sad	− 0.03	0.93	− 0.09	− 0.03	0.04
Suspenseful	0.29	− 0.12	0.75	0.08	− 0.02
Tragic	0.04	0.91	0.08	0.04	− 0.07
Witty	− 0.18	0.00	0.24	0.83	0.25
Captivating	0.59	0.00	0.25	0.16	0.24

Factor loadings over .40 appear in bold

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