Table 6.
PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales factor loadings for child self- and parent proxy-report in children with cancer
| Subscale | Item | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | Factor 5 | Factor 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical functioning | P1 | .666 | .000 | .153 | .065 | .131 | .126 |
| .338 | .700 | .078 | .041 | .064 | .005 | ||
| P2 | .825 | -.037 | .127 | .101 | -.021 | .123 | |
| -.031 | .779 | .250 | .092 | .121 | .243 | ||
| P3 | .828 | .047 | -.029 | -.135 | .100 | -.022 | |
| -.020 | .756 | -.093 | .168 | .025 | .042 | ||
| P4 | .804 | .274 | -.052 | -.249 | .004 | .036 | |
| -.123 | .807 | -.116 | .157 | .210 | .062 | ||
| P5 | .721 | .468 | .091 | .241 | -.024 | -.034 | |
| .185 | .693 | .153 | -.046 | .190 | .151 | ||
| P6 | .373 | -.002 | .203 | .477 | .094 | .051 | |
| -.043 | .658 | .292 | .082 | .256 | .074 | ||
| P7 | .620 | .139 | -.103 | .172 | .023 | .072 | |
| .620 | .345 | .055 | -.189 | .028 | .186 | ||
| P8 | .527 | .228 | .059 | .121 | .114 | -.157 | |
| .571 | .073 | .108 | .183 | .259 | .068 | ||
| Emotional functioning | E1 | -.018 | .070 | .830 | .165 | .082 | .130 |
| -.049 | .225 | -.129 | .048 | .777 | .009 | ||
| E2 | .026 | .188 | .710 | .026 | .102 | .035 | |
| .093 | .225 | -.021 | .179 | .780 | -.163 | ||
| E3 | .136 | .217 | .688 | .105 | .135 | .121 | |
| .225 | .182 | .012 | .007 | .748 | .134 | ||
| E4 | -.005 | .002 | .263 | -.013 | .071 | .755 | |
| .205 | .148 | .050 | .726 | .377 | -.070 | ||
| E5 | .173 | -.206 | .305 | -.048 | -.084 | .638 | |
| .200 | .143 | -.082 | .555 | .407 | -.268 | ||
| Social functioning | S1 | .227 | .697 | .209 | .179 | -.302 | .199 |
| .202 | .152 | .700 | .293 | -.158 | -.128 | ||
| S2 | .160 | .848 | .005 | .009 | .069 | .178 | |
| -.026 | -.017 | .367 | .777 | .058 | .124 | ||
| S3 | -.025 | .695 | .217 | .126 | .216 | -.271 | |
| -.155 | .040 | .563 | .217 | .232 | .176 | ||
| S4 | .199 | .412 | .781 | .256 | -.064 | .009 | |
| -.203 | .039 | .506 | .089 | .268 | .074 | ||
| S5 | .025 | .668 | .265 | .318 | .198 | .131 | |
| .017 | .254 | .756 | .092 | .044 | .003 | ||
| School functioning | Sc1 | -.207 | .378 | .006 | .716 | -.059 | .069 |
| .161 | .078 | .134 | -.102 | .138 | .664 | ||
| Sc2 | -.038 | .031 | .255 | .802 | .021 | -.170 | |
| -.040 | -.014 | .187 | .189 | .039 | .521 | ||
| Sc3 | -.068 | .187 | .089 | .600 | .194 | .072 | |
| .179 | .041 | .181 | .052 | .047 | .833 | ||
| Sc4 | .154 | .096 | .021 | .040 | .923 | -.094 | |
| .860 | .135 | -.045 | .181 | -.012 | .290 | ||
| Sc5 | .030 | .044 | .253 | .095 | .908 | .152 | |
| .111 | .233 | .015 | -.119 | .110 | .813 | ||
| Eigenvalue | 6.744 | 2.844 | 2.208 | 1.878 | 1.579 | 1.145 | |
| 7.457 | 3.554 | 2.453 | 1.956 | 1.699 | 1.182 | ||
| Percent Variance | 25.32 | 10.364 | 9.602 | 7.164 | 5.865 | 3.977 | |
| 28.074 | 11.103 | 10.665 | 8.071 | 6.517 | 5.138 |
Note: Bold values indicate the largest factor loading for each item.
In each cell, child self-report loading are shown above and the parent proxy-report loading are shown below in italics.
Extraction Method: Principle Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization. Total Variance Explained for child self-report: 62.3%; for Parent Proxy-report: 69.6%.