Defeat and entrapment: more than meets the eye? Applying network analysis to estimate dimensions of highly correlated constructs

Thomas Forkmann; Tobias Teismann; Jana-Sophie Stenzel; Heide Glaesmer; Derek de Beurs

doi:10.1186/s12874-018-0470-5

Table 2 Factor loadings for a single factor. (d) is item from the defeat scale, (e) is item from the entrapment scale

From: Defeat and entrapment: more than meets the eye? Applying network analysis to estimate dimensions of highly correlated constructs

Items of the defeat and entrapment scale	Online sample	Clinical sample
1. I feel that I have not made it in life (d)	0.72	0.70
2. I feel that I am a successful person. (d)	0.63	0.61
3. I feel defeated by life. (d)	0.80	0.76
4. I feel that I am basically a winner. (d)	0.55	0.63
5. I feel that I have lost my standing in the world. (d)	0.72	0.64
6. I feel that life has treated me like a punch-bag. (d)	0.70	0.67
7. I feel powerless. (d)	0.75	0.83
8. I feel that my confidence has been knocked out of me. (d)	0.76	0.73
9. I feel able to deal with whatever life throws at me. (d)	0.59	0.70
10. I feel that I have sunk to the bottom of the ladder. (d)	0.78	0.75
11. I feel completely knocked out of action. (d)	0.75	0.80
12. I feel that I am one of life’s losers. (d)	0.77	0.79
13. I feel that I have given up. (d)	0.80	0.76
14. I feel down and out. (d)	0.81	0.84
15. I feel that I have lost important battles in life. (d)	0.66	0.71
16. I feel that there is no fight left in me. (d)	0.79	0.76
17. I am in situation I feel trapped in. (e)	0.75	0.64
18. I have a strong desire to escape from things in my life. (e)	0.67	0.63
19. I am in a relationship I can’t get out of. (e)	0.78	0.52
20. I often have the feeling that I would just like to run away. (e)	0.75	0.61
21. I feel powerless to change things. (e)	0.59	0.68
22. I feel trapped by my obligations. (e)	0.80	0.57
23. I can see no way out of my current situation. (e)	0.55	0.66
24. I would like to get away from other more powerful people in my life. (e)	0.78	0.59
25. I have a strong desire to get away and stay away from where I am now. (e)	0.56	0.43
26. I feel trapped by other people. (e)	0.86	0.31
27. I want to get away from myself. (e)	0.80	0.05
28. I feel powerless to change myself. (e)	0.78	0.49
29. I would like to escape from my thoughts and feelings. (e)	0.83	0.33
30. I feel trapped inside myself. (e)	0.79	0.44
31. I would like to get away from who I am and start again. (e)	0.88	0.33
32. I feel I’m in a deep hole I can’t get out of. (e)	0.39	0.42

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