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Table 2 Rotated loading matrix * of EFA with 3 factors (n = 3,253)

From: Psychometric behaviour of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) in the Spanish national health survey 2006

Item

F1

F2

F3

3

Somatic

0.472

0.127

0.006

6

Solitary

0.536

−0.148

−0.101

8

Worries

0.644

0.025

−0.018

13

Unhappy

0.716

−0.093

0.057

19

Bullied

0.619

−0.026

0.126

23

Adults

0.425

0.021

0.107

24

Fears

0.386

0.140

0.189

1

Considerate

0.043

0.633

−0.197

4

Shares

0.020

0.617

−0.016

9

Caring

0.170

0.793

−0.014

11

Good friend

0.246

−0.755

−0.148

14

Popular

0.217

−0.736

−0.092

17

Kind to kids

−0.033

0.797

0.010

20

Often volunteers to help

0.167

0.668

−0.103

22

Steals

0.276

−0.292

0.211

2

Restless

−0.044

0.138

0.798

5

Tempers

0.166

0.064

0.591

7

Obedient

−0.149

−0.470

0.503

10

Fidgety

−0.049

0.106

0.850

12

Fights

0.245

−0.134

0.408

15

Distractible

0.146

0.099

0.506

16

Clingy

0.349

0.011

0.384

18

Lies

0.101

−0.082

0.514

21

Thinks before acting

−0.132

−0.383

0.518

25

Persistent

−0.011

−0.380

0.455

  1. (*) Factor loadings above 0.30 in bold.