Table 2.
Factor Loadings and Scale Reliability Estimates for the Second Order CFA Model
| Loading* | Reliability | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Indicator | % Exposed | β | ω | ɑ | |
| First-order | ||||||
| Maltreatment | Sexual Abuse | 4 | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.87 | |
| Verbal Abuse | 14 | 0.78 | ||||
| Physical Abuse | 6 | 0.76 | ||||
| Domestic Violence | 34 | 0.74 | ||||
| Emotional Abuse | 18 | 0.83 | ||||
| Physical Neglect | 9 | 0.72 | ||||
|
Household Challenges |
Mental Illness | 39 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.82 | |
| Substance Abuse | 20 | 0.70 | ||||
| Divorce | 30 | 0.66 | ||||
| Physical Illness | 14 | 0.72 | ||||
| Incarceration | 23 | 0.62 | ||||
| Separation from Caregiver | 11 | 0.71 | ||||
| Caregiver Death | 9 | 0.44 | ||||
|
Social Context |
Neighborhood Violence | 24 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.70 | |
| Discrimination | 15 | 0.64 | ||||
| Housing Insecurity | 24 | 0.68 | ||||
| Food Insecurity | 19 | 0.56 | ||||
| Second-order | ||||||
| Overall Adversity | Maltreatment | 0.94 | ||||
| Household Challenges | 0.92 | |||||
| Social Context | 0.93 | |||||
| Model fit indices: Χ2(116) = 139.68, p = .07; RMSEA = 0.03 [90% CI: 0.00, 0.04]; CFI = 0.99; TLI = 0.99 | ||||||
*All loadings were statistically significant, p < .05