Your EFA results are interesting, especially since four factors emerged instead of the expected three. It’s good that the Life Satisfaction and most Optimism items grouped ...
Your EFA results are interesting, especially since four factors emerged instead of the expected three. It’s good that the Life Satisfaction and most Optimism items grouped clearly, as that supports your theoretical model. Regarding the cross-loading of op3, you might consider reviewing the wording of that item—it could be measuring more than one construct. Also, the split in the Mastery items suggests that this construct may not be unidimensional. You could explore whether it actually reflects two sub-dimensions or consider removing items with low or inconsistent loadings. Overall, your analysis is clear, and with a bit more refinement, the factor structure could become even stronger