Table 3 Descriptives, Item-total correlation, factor loadings, Cronbach’s alpha for the Portuguese version of ES

Esteem and efficacy

3

.52

.87

ES04

1 - 4

3.04

.74

.61

.73

-.569

.373

ES05

1 - 4

2.92

.74

.52

.71

-.368

-.029

ES08

1 - 4

3.13

.72

.55

.67

-.583

.302

ES11

1 - 4

3.05

.68

.54

.60

-.515

.695

ES13

1 - 4

2.80

.76

.58

.73

-.354

.070

ES16

1 - 4

2.97

.73

.59

.64

-.464

.208

ES17

1 - 4

2.95

.72

.60

.67

-.392

.135

ES21

1 - 4

3.14

.72

.58

.64

-.672

.646

Power – powerlessness

2.41

.73

.56

ES14

1 - 4

2.38

.92

.19

.74

-.040

-.893

ES19

1 - 4

2.44

.83

.13

.54

-.021

-.558

Activism and autonomy

3.19

.49

.72

ES10

1 - 4

3.26

.68

.33

.60

-.781

.928

ES18

1 - 4

3.15

.73

.37

.56

-754

.764

ES22

1 - 4

2.96

.79

.20

.48

-.618

.240

ES24

1 - 4

3.22

.67

.47

.66

-.662

.167

ES25

1 - 4

3.32

.67

.37

.64

-.951

.167

Optimism over future

2.72

.75

.52

ES01

1 - 4

2.59

.95

.40

.49

.067

-.965

ES12

1 - 4

2.84

.867

.56

.73

-.347

-.532

Righteous anger

2.09

.61

.55

ES03

1 - 4

2.05

.83

.00

.51

.615

.028

ES06

1 - 4

2.19

.88

-.11

.62

.501

-.343

ES09

1 - 4

2.02

.79

-.05

.49

.665

.348

Total

2.82

.35

.79