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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2015 Apr 20;27(4):1364–1378. doi: 10.1037/pas0000116

Table 5.

ESEM Factor Loadings for All Samples

	Factor 1			Factor 2			Factor 3			Factor 4

	Autism Symptoms			Developmental Functioning			Communication			Emotion/Behavior Problems

	Entire Sample	Non-spectrum	ASD	Entire Sample	Non-spectrum	ASD	Entire Sample	Non-spectrum	ASD	Entire	Non-Spectrum	ASD

VABS Communication	−.18^*	−.12	.39^*	.62^*	.64^*	.52^*	.32^*	.36^*	.39^*	−.06	−.03	.01
VABS Daily Living	−.39^*	−.34^*	.74^*	.55^*	.73^*	.27	−.01	−.02	−.01	−.05	.08	−.00
VABS Socialization	-.86^*	−.41^*	.90^*	.42^*	.57^*	.13	−.03	.04	.02	−.06	−.11	.00
VABS Motor Skills Standard Score	−.14	−.26^*	.56^*	.63^*	.71^*	.35	−.00	−.03	−.06	−.11	.10	−.07
PPVT	.03	.00	−.09	.60^*	.37^*	.68^*	.51^*	.71^*	.27	−.04	−.00	.06
EOWPVT	.06	.04	−.11	.53^*	.20	.78^*	.61^*	.85^*	.25	−.01	−.03	−.04
MSEL Visual Reception	.08	.07	.05	.93^*	.87^*	.88^*	.18	.09	−.09	.01	−.01	−.11
MSEL Fine Motor	−.10	−.07	.10	.85^*	.88^*	.74^*	−.13	−.09	−.07	.05	.07	−.03
MSEL Receptive Language	−.10	−.02	.04	.78*	.69^*	.72^*	.12	.31^*	.10	.04	−.09	.07
MSEL Expressive Language	−.00	.13	.14	.79^*	.67^*	.75^*	.20^*	.41^*	.06	−.01	−.05	.04
ADI Social	.92^*	.72^*	−.64^*	−.02	.06	.11	−.05	−.28	−.29^*	−.07	.09	.01
ADI Communication	.79^*	.63^*	−.37^*	−.05	−.03	−.00	−.24^*	−.35^*	−.57^*	−.11	−.05	−.07
ADI RRB	.72^*	.43^*	−.28	−.04	−.10	−.17	.24^*	.20	−.07	.17	.40^*	.36^*
SCQ Total Score	.88^*	.68^*	−.31	.05	−.07	.29^*	−.03	−.08	−.44^*	.13	.32^*	.27^*
RBS-R Total Score	.52	.42^*	−.16	−.02	.01	.06	.05	.01	−.03	.47^*	.50^*	.71^*
ADOS Social Affect CSS	.59^*	.11	.05	−.25^*	−.33^*	−.37^*	−.04	−.09	−.04	−.21^*	.08	−.16
ADOS RRB CSS	.48^*	.11	.14	−.30^*	−.30	−.24	−.01	−.10	−.15	−.11	.13	−.02
CSBS CQ Social	−.70^*	−.61^*	.33	−.01	.02	.03	.41^*	.42^*	.72^*	−.04	−.14	−.03
CSBS CQ Speech	−.13	−.13	.04	.16	.04	.31	.78^*	.87^*	.67^*	−.01	.14	.05
CSBS CQ Symbolic	−.40^*	−.45^*	−.12	.00	−.02	.18	.74^*	.74^*	.92^*	.01	.16	−.05
CBCL Affect Problems	.23	.04	−.11	.20	.05	−.01	−.18	−.16	−.10	.61^*	.70^*	.63^*
CBCL Anxiety Problems	−.02^*	.07	.13	.04	.12	−.02	.00	.05	.13	.80^*	.79^*	.84^*
CBCL Hyperactivity Problems	.12	−.17	−.22	−.25^*	−.34	−.10	.02	−.02	−.01	.42^*	.40^*	.51^*
CBCL Oppositional Defiant Problems	−.14	−.24	.03	−.11	−.02	−.05	.03	−.07	.20	.66^*	.74^*	.63^*
CBCL Emotionally Reactive	−.03	−.01	.05	−.06	−.05	−.01	−.04	.09	−.01	.86^*	.85^*	.83^*
CBCL Sleep Problems	.12	.01	.04	.08	.10	.01	−.15	−.07	−.09	.54^*	.63^*	.56^*
CBCL Pervasive Developmental Problems	.53^*	.37^*	−.20	−.16	−.20^*	.05	.03	.04	−.14	.43^*	.61^*	.54^*

Note.

p<.001. VABS = Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Standard Scores; PPVT = Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Standard Score EOWPVT = Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test Standard Score; MSEL = Mullen Scales of Early Learning T-Scores; ADI = Autism Diagnostic Interview Domain Scores; RRB = Restricted and Repetitive Behavior; SCQ = Social Communication Questionnaire Total Score; RBS-R = Repetitive Behavior Scales-Revised Total Score; ADOS = Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; CSS = Calibrated Severity Score; CSBS CQ = Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Caregiver Questionnaire Total Scores; CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist T Scores