A principal components analysis was performed on the self-ratings obtained from the Personality Characteristics Inventory (PC1-1) (N = 941 male and female college students). The obtained principal components were then rotated according to the varimax procedure. The varimax factors obtained were: Independence, Purposefulness, Imagination, Knowledge, Self-regard, Diversion, Wonder, Self-honesty, Logicality, Innovativeness, and Self-awareness.
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