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 4 Extracted factors and factor loadings of character of smell questionnaire for rooms A and B

Evaluated item	Factor loading		Interpretation
Evaluated item	Factor 1	Factor 2 II	Interpretation
Refresh	0.87	− 0.03	Level of comfort
Fresh	0.81	0.20
Soft	0.75	− 0.27
Calm	0.72	− 0.36
Perfumed	0.62	0.43
Sweet	0.48	0.20
Spicy	0.09	0.70	Pungency level
Bitter	0.06	0.62
Sour	0.11	0.51
Eigenvalue	3.58	2.01
Contribution rate (%)	39.72	22.38
Accumulated contribution rate (%)	39.72	62.10

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