Table 10

Principle Components analysis of self rated SDQ scores in a community sample of 11 – 17 year old Chinese children (N = 690)

Total Variance Explained
Component 1 "Prosocial" 15.6%
Component 2 "Emotional" 9.0%
Component 3 "Hyper/Innatt" 6.2%
Component 4 "Mixed1" 5.2%
Component 5 "Mixed2" 4.8%

(Question number) Question






(1) Considerate
.617




(4)Shares
.537




(9)Helpful
.693




(17)Kind to kids
.507



-.355
(20)Helps out
.622




(2)Restless


.596


(10)Fidgeting

.431
.433


(15)Distractible


.709


(21)Reflective


.510


(25)Persistent
-.398

.552


(3)Somatic

.446



(8)Worries

.675



(13)Unhappy

.724



(16)Clingy

.365
.301

-.612
(24)Fears

.541

.329

(5)Tempers

.530


.413
(7)Obedient





(12)Fights




.521
(18)Argues with adults


.320
.466

(22)Spiteful



.570

(6)Solitary
-.302
.398



(11)Good friend





(14)Popular
-.583




(19)Bullied



.596

(23)Best with adults



.507


Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.

Rotation converged in 9 iterations.

Du et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2:8   doi:10.1186/1753-2000-2-8