Table 3. Results of the exploratory factor analysis of the Japanese version of the Capacity for Wonder Scale (N = 190)
Items (as in original English version) Factor loading
Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3
1. Find yourself drawing new connections between things in the world 0.76 -0.01 0.01
2. Take to heart experiences that challenge your understanding of the world 0.60 0.12 -0.09
3. Be described by others as inquisitive 0.75 0.04 0.01
5. Move among several different perspectives on the same situation like a camera or microscope lens zooming in and out 0.52 -0.09 0.07
6. Experience familiar things as if for the first time 0.12 0.02 0.36
7. Feel amazement during the ordinary course of events -0.09 -0.01 1.04
8. Feel personally engaged by an experience that takes your breath away 0.03 0.84 -0.11
9. See the world with an interest of a child 0.28 0.55 -0.02
10. Experience surprise -0.16 0.71 0.24
  Value
Eigenvalue 3.23 0.52 0.27
Percentage variance explained 21 18 14
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