Table 1.
Externalizing Symptoms Abbreviation, Item Description, and Factor Loadings from Three-Factor Exploratory Structural Equation Models for the Combined Sample
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| Abbreviation | Item Description | F1 | F2 | F3 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F1 | F2 | F3 |
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| 1. Young | Acts too young | .42 | .08 | .04 | .44 | .13 | −.02 | .38 | .10 | .11 | .39 | .16 | .03 | .38 | .24 | .06 | .45 | .08 | .11 |
| 2. Conc | Can’t concentrate | .61 | .24 | .02 | .58 | .23 | −.01 | .70 | .01 | .17 | .74 | −.11 | .26 | .67 | −.03 | .43 | .69 | .00 | .24 |
| 3. Sitstil | Can’t sit still | .53 | .29 | .06 | .39 | .42 | −.10 | .63 | .18 | .05 | .64 | .04 | .24 | .51 | .13 | .31 | .64 | .10 | .14 |
| 4. Conf | Confused | .65 | .00 | .10 | .70 | .06 | −.03 | .81 | −.11 | .11 | .75 | −.01 | .04 | .66 | .11 | .11 | .80 | −.11 | .07 |
| 5. Daydm | Day dreams | .58 | .03 | −.11 | .60 | .06 | −.08 | .79 | −.18 | .01 | .75 | .01 | −.10 | .74 | .07 | −.01 | .82 | −.09 | −.03 |
| 6. Impul | Impulsive | .33 | .44 | .08 | .35 | .52 | −.07 | .41 | .29 | .19 | .40 | .31 | .22 | .32 | .39 | .20 | .29 | .37 | .27 |
| 7. Nerv | Nervous | .44 | .35 | −.10 | .33 | .33 | .01 | .55 | .28 | −.08 | .45 | .36 | −.02 | .38 | .45 | −.06 | .56 | .25 | −.06 |
| 8. Twitch | Twitches | .52 | .08 | −.03 | .58 | −.02 | .07 | .58 | .14 | −.05 | .45 | .19 | .07 | .41 | .26 | .04 | .49 | .17 | .04 |
| 9. Schwrk | Poor school work | .58 | −.02 | .19 | .55 | .09 | .26 | .48 | .02 | .25 | .46 | −.03 | .36 | .30 | .01 | .48 | .36 | .02 | .42 |
| 10. Clum | Clumsy | .45 | .15 | .09 | .53 | .03 | −.03 | .61 | .05 | .08 | .58 | .13 | −.06 | .43 | .29 | .06 | .45 | .13 | .07 |
| 11. Blank | Stares blankly | .60 | −.04 | .10 | .67 | .01 | .14 | .74 | −.06 | −.03 | .72 | .13 | −.20 | .67 | .22 | −.02 | .75 | −.14 | .02 |
| Aggressive Behavior | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Argue | Argues | −.01 | .65 | .05 | −.12 | .74 | −.01 | −.02 | .70 | .05 | .04 | .61 | .14 | .03 | .78 | −.06 | −.01 | .67 | .07 |
| 13. Brag | Brags | .02 | .47 | −.05 | −.04 | .58 | −.09 | .02 | .49 | .14 | .09 | .42 | .22 | .06 | .52 | .13 | .09 | .55 | .09 |
| 14. Bully | Bullying | .02 | .45 | .36 | .01 | .63 | .22 | .02 | .59 | .29 | −.08 | .56 | .36 | −.15 | .62 | .31 | −.03 | .53 | .38 |
| 15. Atten | Demands attention | .27 | .54 | −.05 | .00 | .73 | −.17 | .30 | .43 | .07 | .36 | .35 | .15 | .27 | .56 | .00 | .38 | .46 | −.00 |
| 16. Down | Destroys own things | .32 | .03 | .58 | .44 | .30 | .33 | .38 | −.01 | .64 | .25 | −.01 | .67 | .19 | .00 | .69 | .26 | .16 | .52 |
| 17. Doth | Destroys others’ things | .24 | −.01 | .76 | .43 | .32 | .39 | .31 | −.00 | .74 | .11 | .09 | .75 | .11 | .09 | .68 | .19 | .19 | .60 |
| 18. Dhme | Disobedient at home | .13 | .50 | .18 | −.07 | .71 | .12 | .09 | .53 | .23 | .05 | .44 | .38 | .07 | .56 | .31 | .12 | .44 | .37 |
| 19. Dsch | Disobedient at school | .31 | .20 | .31 | .21 | .46 | .17 | .28 | .26 | .37 | .32 | .03 | .56 | .04 | .17 | .70 | .15 | .24 | .57 |
| 20. Jeal | Easily jealous | .25 | .49 | −.07 | .02 | .63 | −.14 | .19 | .48 | .02 | .20 | .53 | −.01 | .07 | .63 | −.09 | .23 | .49 | −.00 |
| 21. Fight | Gets in many fights | .00 | .44 | .38 | .04 | .61 | .30 | −.01 | .50 | .35 | −.00 | .46 | .46 | −.14 | .48 | .43 | .09 | .30 | .43 |
| 22. Attac | Physically attacks others | −.10 | .54 | .30 | .00 | .58 | .35 | −.01 | .52 | .25 | −.17 | .52 | .45 | −.17 | .73 | .17 | −.03 | .50 | .40 |
| 23. Srea | Screams | .02 | .55 | .13 | −.18 | .80 | .02 | .16 | .59 | −.01 | .05 | .72 | .02 | .00 | .79 | −.05 | .03 | .64 | .07 |
| 24. Show | Showing off | .17 | .57 | .00 | .09 | .71 | −.18 | .17 | .52 | .10 | .35 | .34 | .16 | .16 | .44 | .20 | .17 | .50 | .19 |
| 25. Sull | Sullen | .03 | .75 | −.06 | −.26 | .87 | −.01 | .10 | .68 | −.05 | .10 | .80 | −.11 | .01 | .95 | −.20 | .08 | .66 | .01 |
| 26. Mood | Sudden changes in mood | .18 | .55 | −.01 | −.12 | .80 | .01 | .29 | .52 | −.06 | .24 | .70 | −.14 | .03 | .80 | .12 | .16 | .58 | .00 |
| 27. Talk | Talks too much | .24 | .48 | −.07 | .11 | .65 | −.35 | .35 | .43 | −.15 | .40 | .26 | .03 | .25 | .47 | −.01 | .33 | .50 | −.22 |
| 28. Tease | Teases a lot | .04 | .51 | .21 | −.09 | .77 | .01 | .06 | .65 | .03 | .14 | .54 | .12 | −.02 | .63 | .12 | .05 | .64 | .12 |
| 29. Tantr | Temper tantrums | −.03 | .73 | .05 | −.27 | .91 | .02 | .05 | .73 | −.02 | −.00 | .83 | −.04 | −.04 | .86 | −.10 | −.01 | .74 | .14 |
| 30. Threat | Threatens people | −.10 | .63 | .28 | −.04 | .68 | .23 | −.09 | .73 | .23 | −.12 | .72 | .31 | −.18 | .81 | .21 | −.10 | .54 | .49 |
| 31. Loud | Loud | .32 | .49 | .01 | .04 | .80 | −.29 | .32 | .55 | −.02 | .32 | .47 | .08 | .17 | .63 | .03 | .29 | .60 | −.09 |
| Delinquency/Rule-Breaking | |||||||||||||||||||
| 32. Guilt | Doesn’t feel guilty about misbehavior | .18 | .26 | .31 | .11 | .53 | .03 | .19 | .30 | .35 | .11 | .40 | .26 | .02 | .39 | .33 | .06 | .33 | .37 |
| 33. Troub | Friends get in trouble | .22 | .24 | .31 | .16 | .43 | .19 | .16 | .35 | .32 | .20 | .15 | .48 | −.03 | .10 | .66 | .04 | −.00 | .73 |
| 34. Lies | Lies or cheats | .16 | .28 | .45 | .18 | .58 | .19 | .11 | .31 | .54 | .18 | .21 | .54 | .08 | .27 | .58 | .18 | .17 | .60 |
| 35. Oldk | Prefers older kids | .01 | .39 | .03 | .09 | .42 | −.04 | .18 | .29 | .01 | .13 | .28 | .20 | .02 | .27 | .21 | .11 | .23 | .23 |
| 36. Runs | Runs away | −.38 | .47 | .43 | −.00 | .29 | .59 | −.06 | .38 | .28 | - | - | - | .20 | .11 | .25 | .09 | −.02 | .67 |
| 37. Fires | Sets fires | −.01 | −.16 | .75 | .52 | −.14 | .56 | .25 | .01 | .44 | .13 | .22 | .43 | .08 | −.04 | .70 | .03 | .01 | .75 |
| 38. Stealh | Steals at home | .02 | .00 | .79 | .36 | .20 | .51 | −.01 | .09 | .80 | .08 | −.08 | .78 | −.00 | −.02 | .76 | .15 | −.03 | .73 |
| 39. Stealo | Steals outside the home | .06 | −.01 | .78 | .55 | .00 | .61 | .05 | −.04 | .83 | .00 | −.13 | .95 | −.04 | −.03 | .82 | .07 | −.05 | .85 |
| 40. Swear | Swears | −.07 | .32 | .43 | −.03 | .55 | .31 | .12 | .42 | .24 | −.08 | .48 | .41 | −.15 | .39 | .41 | −.06 | .35 | .50 |
| 41. Sex | Thinks about sex too much | −.14 | .41 | .18 | −.04 | .41 | .19 | −.06 | .50 | .21 | .08 | .32 | .23 | .06 | .45 | .19 | .16 | .23 | .29 |
| 42. Truan | Truant | - | - | - | .27 | −.01 | .66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | −.06 | .14 | .61 | −.00 | −.16 | .91 |
| 43. Drug | Alcohol/substance use | - | - | - | .72 | −.13 | .25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | −.20 | −.02 | .94 |
| 44. Vand | Vandalism | .10 | .28 | .49 | .50 | .09 | .51 | −.06 | .49 | .46 | −.10 | .04 | .90 | .12 | .08 | .66 | −.11 | .11 | .86 |
Note. Bolded items represent cross-loadings.