Investigation into the metric properties of the workplace social capital questionnaire and its association with self-rated health and psychological distress amongst Greek-Cypriot registered nurses: cross-sectional descriptive study

Table 4 Rotated component matrix for exploratory factor analysis of the Workplace Social Capital questionnaire and confirmatory factor analysis fit measures for a unidimensional, two- and three-factor models

A. Exploratory Factor Analysis							Factor 1 - Linking		Factor 2 - Bonding		Factor 3 – Bridging
Item 1 – Our supervisor treats us with kindness and consideration.					S‡	L‡	0.89
Item 2 – Our supervisor shows concern for our rights as an employee.					S	L	0.88
Item 8 – We can trust our supervisor.					C	L	0.78
Item 5 – People feel understood and accepted by each other.					C	B			0.79
Item 4 – People keep each other informed about work-related issues …					S	B			0.74
Item 3 – We have a ‘we are together’ attitude.					C	B			0.69		0.44
Item 6 – Members … build on each other’s ideas … best possible outcome					S	Br					0.84
Item 7† – People … cooperate in order … develop & apply new ideas					S	Br					0.80
Initial eigenvalues							4.45		1.06		0.70
Total variance explained (77.6%)							30.4%		25.0%		22.2%
B. Confirmatory Factor Analysis							CMIN/DF	GFI	NFI	CFI	RMSEA (90% CL)
Unidimensional							16,689	0.767	0.779	0.789	0.213 (0.193, 0.233)
Two factor model	Structural		Cognitive				16,619	0.763	0.791	0.800	0.212 (0.192, 0.233)
Three factor model	Bonding	Bridging		Linking			3881	0.956	0.956	0.967	0.091 (0.069, 0.115)

^†All 5-point Likert scale labeled 1 = fully disagree to 5 = fully agree; except item 7 where 1 = very little to 5 = very much
^‡Items hypothesized to capture S = structural and C=Cognitive Social Capital in a 2-factor model or B=Bonding, Br = Bridging and L = Linking Social Capital in a 3-factor model

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