Effects and interaction of different interior material treatment and personal preference on psychological and physiological responses in living environment

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Extracted factors and factor loadings of semantic difference questionnaire for rooms A and B

Evaluated item	Factor loading				Interpretation
Evaluated item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3 III	Factor 4	Interpretation
Comfortable–uncomfortable	0.96	0.04	− 0.13	− 0.02	Level of comfort
Calm–tension	0.91	0.24	− 0.21	− 0.02
Not tired–tired	− 0.71	0.12	− 0.05	− 0.13
(feel can do work) Well–not well	0.57	− 0.16	0.32	0.04
Accessible–inaccessible	0.53	0.00	0.40	− 0.01
(smell) Refreshed–unrefreshed	0.48	− 0.05	0.23	0.26
Cold–warm	0.47	0.12	0.24	− 0.22
(visual) Light–heavy	− 0.19	0.94	0.04	0.06	Texture
(visual) Refreshed–unrefreshed	− 0.06	0.65	0.21	0.07
Bright–dark	0.23	0.64	− 0.14	0.02
Soft–hard	0.34	0.46	− 0.01	− 0.04
(smell) Natural–artificial	0.25	− 0.01	0.58	− 0.07	Impression
(visual) Natural–artificial	0.03	0.36	0.44	− 0.11
Simple–intricate	− 0.06	0.03	0.44	− 0.09
Secure–insecure	0.37	0.00	0.37	− 0.10
(smell) Light–strong	− 0.01	0.00	0.41	− 0.69	Smell
(smell) Light–heavy	0.12	0.15	0.19	0.67	Smell
Eigenvalue	7.71	1.53	1.31	1.02
Contribution rate (%)	45.36	9.00	7.68	6.02
Accumulated contribution rate (%)	45.36	54.36	62.04	68.06

Factor extraction method: maximum likelihood method, rotation method: promax rotation method (eigenvalue adopts 1 or more)