Validating the Demand Control Support Questionnaire among white-collar employees in Switzerland and the United States

Table 3 Exploratory factor analysis of the 17-item DCSQ using principal axis extraction and varimax rotation

Scales	Items	Switzerland			United States
Scales	Items	F1	F2	F3	F1	F2	F3
Psychological demands	Item 1: work fast			0.72		0.66
	Item 2: work intensively			0.67		0.66
	Item 3: work effort			0.51		0.59
	Item 4: overtime work			0.60		0.61
	Item 5: conflicting demands			0.38		0.60
Decision latitude	Item 6: learning new things		0.47				0.54
	Item 7: skill level		0.55				0.45
	Item 8: being creative		0.71				0.67
	Item 9: variety of work		0.52				0.55
	Item 10: how to do the work		0.66				0.65
	Item 11: what to do at work		0.60				0.61
Social support at work	Item 12: pleasant atmosphere	0.68			0.44
	Item 13: spirit of unity	0.72			0.70
	Item 14: colleagues support	0.77			0.77
	Item 15: helpful colleagues	0.57			0.48
	Item 16: relationship with superiors	0.52			0.66
	Item 17: relationship with colleagues	0.73			0.73
Variance explained (%)		17.73	13.19	11.52	16.18	15.93	13.96

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