01444nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001100118653002500129653002500154653001300179100002700192700002600219245011100245300001200356490000700368520083500375022001401210020001401224       2007                            d  c07/2007bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aStress10acognitive irritation10aemotional irritation10aTeachers1 aEnrique Merino Tejedor1 aMiguel Ángel Pedraza00aFactor analysis of the Irritation Scale in a sample of teachers of Primary Education: An exploratory study  a133-1400 v133 aThe purpose of the present article is to explore the factor validity of the Irritation Scale in a sample of 106 Primary School teachers. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out, using Principal Components and Oblimin rotation; two factors were extracted from the analysis with eigenvalues exceeding unity. Factor I, gathered items related to emotional irritation, whereas factor II consisted of three items concerning cognitive irritation. Factor solution found in this research was similar to that obtained in previous national and international investigations. Thus, Primary School teachers  results show that Irritation Scale offers both a consistent factor structure compared to the original proposal and a sound internal consistency. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437