Table 3.
Subscale Correlations of HBICA and Reliability Coefficientsa
| Scale |
Cronbach’s Alpha |
Test-retest reliability | BIS-Total | YRS-AGG | YRS-RB | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | ||||||||||
| (1) AV |
0.82 |
0.75 |
0.66** |
0.33** |
0.55** |
0.61** |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| (2) RB |
0.77 |
0.75 |
0.70** |
0.31** |
0.45** |
0.63** |
0.73** |
1 |
|
|
|
| (3) US |
0.86 |
0.77 |
0.62** |
0.12** |
0.24** |
0.38** |
0.48** |
0.47** |
1 |
|
|
| (4) SS |
0.79 |
0.83 |
0.73** |
0.23** |
0.38** |
0.41** |
0.41** |
0.39** |
0.38** |
1 |
|
| (5) SU |
0.81 |
0.74 |
0.76** |
0.23** |
0.39** |
0.56** |
0.68** |
0.67** |
0.40** |
0.42** |
1 |
| (6) HBICA Total | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.76** | 0.35** | 0.54** | 0.68** | 0.77**b | 0.77**b | 0.51**b | 0.45**b | 0.72**b |
Note: AV = Aggression and Violence, RB = Rule Breaking, US = Unprotected Sex, SS = Suicide and Self-Injurious, SU = Substance Use, HBICA = Health-Risk Behavior Inventory for Chinese Adolescents, BIS-Total = The total score of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11, YRS-AGG = Aggressive Behavior subscale of the Youth Self-Report Form, and YRS-RB = Rule-Breaking Behavior subscale of the Youth Self-Report Form.
a = The analyses in full sample (sample 1) except test-retest reliability(n = 678); b. Corrected correlation coefficients for full sample
**p < .01 (2-tailed).