Table 5 Overview over the items of the State aR with their distribution over the different subscales: Arranged from top to bottom for State rest/activity, State orthostatic-circulatory, State digestive and State thermo-sweating regulation with details on mean (SD), minima/maxima and concurrent validity for item/total and item/subscale correlation with Trait aR sum scale.

I had cold hands or feet

3.81 (1.16)

1-5

0.24

0.45

0.35

0.556

0.816

I was able to fall asleep

3.87 (0.96)

1-5

0.49

0.50

0.46

0.607

0.809

I had to pull myself together to do things

3.39 (1.13)

1-5

0.36

0.51

0.48

0.676

0.808

I felt rested in the morning

I suffered from stomach rumbling

3.89 (1.11)

1-5

0.39

0.47

0.45

0.528

0.810

There were situations where I felt less competent or skilful than usual

3.80 (1.15)

1-5

0.39

0.61

0.49

0.749

0.807

My sleep was restless

3.58 (1.12)

1-5

0.39

0.53

0.56

0.540

0.803

I had cold and sweaty hands or feet

4.54 (0.79)

2-5

0.34

0.43

0.42

0.507

0.812

S Rest/activity regulation

I felt dizzy when turning round

4.54 (0.75)

2-5

0.46

0.61

0.52

0.770

0.809

0.805/0.792

I felt dizzy when getting up in the morning

4.58 (0.75)

2-5

0.32

0.60

0.49

0.734

0.810

I felt dizzy when turning round quickly

4.07 (1.07)

1-5

0.36

0.59

0.40

0.743

0.813

I felt dizzy when getting up or bending down

4.23 (0.82

2-5

0.43

0.66

0.48

0.791

0.810

S Orthostatic-circulatory regulation

17.41 (2.70)

9-20

0.48

0.60

0.68

0.804/0.650

I suffered from night sweats

3.84 (1.25)

1-5

0.50

0.66

0.46

0.784

0.810

I sweated

3.46 (1.07)

1-5

0.40

0,82

0.37

0.915

0.815

I sweated even during light physical activity

3.75 (1.10)

1-5

0.39

0.67

0.38

0.836

0.814

S Thermo-sweating regulation

11.06 (3.00)

3-15

0.49

0.48

0.58

0,852/0.601

I had bowel movements

3.22 (0.95)

1-5

0.22

0.45

0.12

0.806

0.827

I had bowel movements - as always - at certain times of the day

3.25 (1.37)

1-5

0.24

0.41

0.16

0.853

0.829

I suffered from constipation

4.42 (1.04)

1-5

0.32

0.65

0.38

0.615

0.814

S Digestive regulation

10.89 (2.65)

3-14

0.29

0.69

0.44

0.696/0.767

S aR Total Scale

69.75 (9.25)

44-89

0.76

0.832/0.795

T aR Total Scale

42.42 (5.26)

26-54

0.741 0.867

T aR Orthostatic-circulatory

16.49 (6.78)

10-21

0.69

0.676 0.803

T aR Rest/activity

18.72 (10.9)

11-24

0.77

0.697 0.833

T aR Digestive

7.26 (1.52)

3-9

0.49

0.623 0.879