Run an exploratory factor analysis using principal axis extraction using the correlations shown below using the first

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Run an exploratory factor analysis using principal axis extraction using the correlations shown below using the first nine items (exclude the bodily symptom items). Run a two- and three-factor solution for the remaining nine items.

Which solution(s) have empirical support?

Which solution seems more conceptually meaningful?

Items Correlations for the Reactions-to-Tests Scales
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Ten1	1.000
Ten2	.657	1.000
Ten3	.652	.660	1.000
Wor1	.279	.338	.300	1.000
Wor2	.290	.330	.350	.644	1.000
Wor3	.358	.462	.440	.659	.566	1.000
Tirt1	.076	.093	.120	.317	.313	.367	1.000
Tirt2	.003	.035	.097	.308	.305	.329	.612	1.000
Tirt3	.026	.100	.097	.305	.339	.313	.674	.695	1.000
Body1	.287	.312	.459	.271	.307	.351	.122	.137	.185	1.000
Body2	.355	.377	.489	.261	.277	.369	.196	.191	.197	.367	1.000
Body3	.441	.414	.522	.320	.275	.383	.170	.156	.101	.460	.476	1.000