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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2010;15(1):73–92. doi: 10.1080/13557850903418828

Table 2.

Factor Loadings and Communality Estimates (h2) for Retained Items using Principal Axis Factoring and Promax Rotation

Item Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 h2
8. There are two girls in your grade who are kind of tida and mean, and they use drugs. They try to encourage everyone to use. One day, they are in the bathroom making graffiti on the walls and smoking pakalolo. You walk in to use the bathroom, and they offer you some, but more like bully-tease you into trying. .753 −.248 .002 .839
10. Your friends bring Bacardi to school and mix it with juice. They are drinking it on campus during recess. They offer you some. .688 −.038 .065 .886
11. One of your friends uses drugs, but you haven’t tried any yet. He/She tells you to try some weed, or you’re a “chicken.” .581 .087 −.003 .827
15. On your school bus there are kids who bring beer in a soda can so it is not so obvious. They drink beer on the bus to and from school. One day, they ask you if you’d like to hang out with them. .840 −.130 .090 .905
17. You go to a community dance for kids. Some people are hanging out in the parking area drinking and using drugs. Your friend says to you, “Let’s see what’s going on in the parking lot.” .685 .139 −.043 .895
20. You go down to the beach where you see some of your friends, who happen to be smoking pakalolo. They notice you, and motion at you to join them. .790 .027 .123 .960
21. During summer break, your friends invite you to go to the park with them. After a while, you end up going to someone’s house, where your friends ask you if you want to smoke weed with them. .699 .088 .162 .962
22. One of your classmates always hangs around with this group of older kids and they smoke weed every day. One day, your classmate asks you if you’d like to eat lunch with them. .660 −.030 .190 .950
24. Your friend’s parents are away, so your friend has a party in the house. Some kids at the party brought “hards”, and are pouring shots for everyone. They pass one to you. .809 .180 −.114 .933
3. You have just left the movie theatre with two of your cousins. It is late in the evening and most of the stores around the theatre have closed. One of your cousins asks you if you’d like to smoke some weed. .158 .625 .022 .904
4. Your older brother enters your bedroom, closes the door, and asks you if you’d like to smoke some weed. .018 .730 −.112 .862
12. You are at home having dinner with your family. Your parents are drinking beer with dinner, and your mom offers you some. .136 .740 −.173 .861
14. Your dad, uncles, papa, and dad’s friends are making pulehu in the yard, and you are with them. Your mom is inside the house. They are drinking a lot of beer, probably already drunk. Your dad offers you a beer. .104 .563 .010 .930
34. Your cousin who is in high school smokes cigarettes. He tells you, “smoking makes you look cool,” and then offers you one. .010 .646 .242 .967
43. You’re playing cards with you father. He’s drinking a beer, and asks you if you’d like a sip. .158 .618 −.028 .939
44. You’re camping with your ‘ohana, and your father and uncles are drinking beer by the fire. Your father turns to your uncle and, gesturing to you, says, “Go ahead and give him one.” .100 .452 .150 .776
47. You’re at the park with your older cousin. He takes out a pipe full of ice and says, “Try this.” −.332 .821 .160 .961
55. You’re at a New Year’s Eve Party with your ‘ohana, and your auntie’s boyfriend offers you some of his beer. −.054 .670 .146 .809
25. Your best friend offers you marijuana. You don’t know what might happen to your friendship if you say “no”. .167 .101 .506 .886
37. You’re at the mall with someone you just started dating. He/She pulls out a pipe, and asks you if you’d like to smoke some “ice.” .074 −.126 .595 .958
53. A group of high school boys are hanging out in the school parking lot after school, smoking weed. As you walk by them on the way to the bus, one of them says to you, “Hey, come over here.” .187 −.223 .876 .960
54. You’re at the community recreational center after school. While in the locker room your best friend takes out some marijuana from his pocket and says “want some?” .253 −.209 .834 .983
60. Your older cousin is walking with you to the mall. He takes out some marijuana and says “don’t tell my parents. You like some?” .130 .165 .633 .953
61. You pass by some classmates before school who are standing in front of the cafeteria. One of them pulls out a container and says, “You like some weed?” .155 .029 .700 .933