Table 2.

Node definitions and scale sources for the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis network analysis.

Node	Symptom description	Scale	Item (s)
S1	Dissatisfied with appearance	SAAS	Item 1
S2	Nervous when photographed	SAAS	Item 2
S3	Uneasy when watched	SAAS	Item 3
S4	Worry about being disliked due to appearance	SAAS	Item 4
S5	Worry about gossip regarding appearance defects	SAAS	Item 5
S6	Fear of lacking attractiveness due to appearance	SAAS	Item 6
S7	Worry appearance makes life difficult	SAAS	Item 7
B1	Worry about others' opinion	BFNES	Item 1
B2	Care about bad impression	BFNES	Item 2
B3	Fear of pointed out flaws	BFNES	Item 3
B4	Worry about impression left on others	BFNES	Item 4
B5	Fear of lack of approval	BFNES	Item 5
B6	Fear of fault-finding by others	BFNES	Item 6
B7	Affected by others' opinions	BFNES	Item 7
K1	Fatigue	K10	Item 1
K2	Nervousness	K10	Item 2
K3	Uncontrollable nervousness	K10	Item 3
K4	Hopelessness	K10	Item 4
K5	Restless or fidgety	K10	Item 5
K6	So restless could not sit still	K10	Item 6
K7	Depression	K10	Item 7
K8	Everything is an effort	K10	Item 8
K9	Loss of interest	K10	Item 9
K10	Worthlessness	K10	Item 10
Sup_Fam	Family support	PSSS	Items 3, 4, 8, 11
Sup_Fri	Friends support	PSSS	Items 6, 7, 9, 12
Sup_Oth	Significant others support	PSSS	Items 1, 2, 5, 10
Res_Goal	Goal focus	Resilience scale	Dimension score (5 items)
Res_Emo	Emotional control	Resilience scale	Dimension score (5 items)
Res_Pos	Positive cognition	Resilience scale	Dimension score (5 items)

SAAS, Social Appearance Anxiety Scale; BFNES, Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale; K10, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale; PSSS, Perceived Social Support Scale; RSCA, Resilience Scale for Chinese Adolescents. Node abbreviations (e.g., S1–S7, B1–B7, K1–K10) correspond to individual scale items or dimension scores as defined in the table.