both had their highest standardized partial regression coefficients (the equivalents of factor loadings) on this factor, suggesting that these highly personal events were more similar to intimate partner or sexual violence than to other types of TEs. The fifth factor encompassed TEs associated with accidents and injuries (e.g. natural disasters, automobile accidents). Three types – unexpected death of a loved one, mugged or threatened with a weapon, and man-made disaster – cross-loaded on more than one factor, capturing the mixture of contexts in which these events occurred. Consequently, these three TEs were examined individually in subsequent analyses.
