Table 3.

Factor loadings of items for four-factor model in the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales: Child self-report and parent proxy-report

Factor and item	Child self-report			Parent proxy-report
	Total	Ages 8–12	Ages 13–18	Total	Ages 8–12	Ages 13–18
Physical Health
1. Hard to walk more than one block	.751	.749	.785	.809	.813	.808
2. Hard to run	.819	.784	.857	.867	.815	.902
3. Hard to do sports or exercise	.846	.785	.899	.872	.814	.913
4. Hard to lift something heavy	.746	.696	.805	.822	.791	.845
5. Hard to take a bath or shower	.623	.606	.683	.762	.762	.811
6. Hard to do chores around house	.694	.699	.718	.786	.795	.797
7. Hurt or ache	.719	.649	.769	.748	.757	.753
8. Low energy	.653	.642	.691	.670	.729	.678
Emotional Functioning	(.823)	(.818)	(.824)	(.840)	(.849)	(.835)
1. Feel afraid or scared	.794	.694	.872	.815	.800	.837
2. Feel sad or blue	.857	.786	.896	.872	.851	.889
3. Feel angry	.813	.751	.855	.813	.814	.815
4. Trouble sleeping	.724	.706	.738	.727	.690	.755
5. Worry about what will happen	.777	.714	.831	.796	.776	.821
Social Functioning	(.827)	(.856)	(.813)	(.833)	(.828)	(.841)
1. Trouble getting along with peers	.893	.833	.931	.910	.895	.925
2. Other kids not wanting to be friends	.889	.843	.928	.917	.915	.922
3. Teased	.699	.657	.766	.846	.833	.869
4. Doing things other peers do	.822	.823	.825	.896	.902	.900
5. Hard to keep up when play with others	.862	.836	.879	.894	.873	.907
School Functioning	(.722)	(.760)	(.726)	(.739)	(.732)	(.764)
1. Hard to pay attention	.806	.787	.813	.857	.836	.872
2. Forget things	.756	.682	.794	.784	.756	.807
3. Trouble keeping up with schoolwork	.780	.763	.784	.819	.822	.830
4. Miss school-not well	.838	.810	.858	.874	.886	.863
5. Miss school to go to doctor or hospital	.853	.832	.860	.892	.898	.879

Numbers in parentheses are factor loadings of subscale on psychosocial health of second-order factor.