A principal components analysis was performed on the self-ratings (for a combined sample) obtained from the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values (N = 150 combined sample of 102 male and 48 female college students). The obtained principal components were then rotated according to the varimax procedure. The varimax factors obtained were: esthetic, social, and religious.
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