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. 2026 Mar 10;26:1568. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-26941-0

Table 2.

The factor matrix of varimax-rotation

Variable Factor 1a Factor 2a Factor 3a Factor 4a Communalities
Average daily time spent watching TV 0.7357 0.0962 0.032 0.0308 0.5525
Average daily time spent using the computer 0.7109 0.1844 -0.0414 -0.0869 0.5486
Number of eye exercises done daily 0.5803 -0.1893 -0.3087 -0.1077 0.4795
Average daily sleep duration 0.5067 -0.4183 0.2081 0.2562 0.5407
Reading or looking at screens while walking or riding 0.0154 0.8197 -0.0244 -0.0277 0.6735
Whether lights are turned off when looking at night 0.0756 0.8018 0.0476 0.0629 0.6549
Parents’ visual condition -0.0687 0.0837 0.7402 -0.0554 0.5627
Number of physical education classes per week 0.3154 -0.2349 0.4663 0.3796 0.5162
Regularly exchange class seats -0.0835 0.0094 -0.014 0.7841 0.6221
Lighting conditions when reading or writing at night -0.0964 -0.1243 0.4905 -0.4945 0.5099
Variance contribution rate (%) 18.75 16.07 11.32 10.45 --
Cumulative variance contribution rate (%) 18.75 34.82 46.15 56.60 --
Variable Factor 1b Factor 2b Factor 3b Factor 4b
Sense of happy in life 0.9147 0.0359 0.0191 -0.0011 0.8383
Feeling happiness 0.9109 0.0555 0.0036 0.0170 0.8331
Feeling hopeful about the future 0.8122 0.0415 -0.0354 0.0147 0.6629
Grade 0.0935 0.8446 -0.1592 0.0724 0.7526
Number of physical education classes per week 0.0133 0.8020 0.1297 -0.0241 0.6608
Average daily sleep duration 0.0533 0.7234 0.2477 -0.1273 0.6037
Number of eye exercises done daily -0.1283 0.0188 0.7532 -0.1446 0.6050
Average daily outdoor activity time during daylight hours 0.1408 0.0840 0.7242 0.1192 0.5655
Parents’ visual condition 0.0145 0.2099 -0.1296 0.7198 0.5791
Participation in tutorial classes 0.0121 -0.2786 0.0935 0.6973 0.5727
Variance contribution rate (%) 23.75 20.15 12.22 10.62 --
Cumulative variance contribution rate (%) 23.75 43.89 56.12 66.74 --

Note: Factors from 2018 are denoted as Factor 1a-Factor 4a; 2023 factors as Factor 1b-Factor 4b; Factor 1a: School lifestyle factor, Factor 2a: Eye behavior factor, Factor 3a: Family heredity and environment factor, Factor 4a: Classroom eye policy factor, Factor 1b: Psychological factor, Factor 2b: Adaptive eye regulation factor, Factor 3b: Active eye protection factor, Factor 4b: Family heredity and environment factor