Table 8

Principle Components analysis of parent rated SDQ scores in a community sample of 3 – 17 year old Chinese children (N = 1965)

Total Variance Explained
Component 1 "Prosocial" 17.2%
Component 2 "Hyper/Innatt" 9.4%
Component 3 "Emotional" 7.5%
Component 4 "Conduct 1" 5.6%
Component 5 "Conduct 2" 4.6%

(Question number) Question






(1) Considerate
.524
-.306



(4)Shares
.565




(9)Helpful
.681




(17)Kind to kids
.632




(20)Helps out
.655




(2)Restless

.486

.571

(10)Fidgeting

.501

.522

(15)Distractible

.722



(21)Reflective

.684



(25)Persistent

.729



(3)Somatic


.334

.359
(8)Worries


.567


(13)Unhappy


.520
.462

(16)Clingy


.684


(24)Fears


.686


(5)Tempers



.736

(7)Obedient



.428

(12)Fights
-.392


.479
.368
(18)Argues with adults




.678
(22)Spiteful




.514
(6)Solitary


.584


(11)Good friend
-.375




(14)Popular
-.577




(19)Bullied




.602
(23)Best with adults






Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.

Rotation converged in 7 iterations.

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