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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adm Policy Ment Health. 2012 Mar;39(1-2):13–29. doi: 10.1007/s10488-012-0403-2

Table 3.

Comprehensive Item Analysis and Descriptive Statistics for SFSS-Youth Items and Summary Scores

Item No* Item N mean SD skewness kurtosis CORR Primary Factor Loading MEASURE INMSQ OUTMS DISCR
1 Feel unhappy 758 2.95 1.24 0.02 −0.81 0.60 0.63 −0.54 0.79 0.86 1.10
2 Get in trouble 753 2.79 1.27 0.16 −0.91 0.53 0.57 −0.40 0.96 1.06 0.86
3 Lack of energy 751 2.41 1.27 0.49 −0.77 0.39 0.40 −0.05 1.24 1.49 0.61
4 Disobey 750 2.66 1.24 0.27 −0.76 0.57 0.60 −0.28 0.86 0.88 1.07
5 Bully 751 1.64 0.95 1.53 1.91 0.45 0.47 0.84 1.07 0.99 0.98
6 Afraid others laugh 759 1.97 1.26 1.09 0.04 0.52 0.52 0.41 1.24 1.13 1.00
7 Hard to wait turn 758 2.04 1.19 0.94 0.00 0.51 0.55 0.33 1.06 1.04 1.01
8 Nervous/shy 755 2.38 1.29 0.52 −0.76 0.48 0.49 −0.02 1.14 1.19 0.88
9 Cant' sit still 755 2.61 1.36 0.32 −1.07 0.57 0.62 −0.24 1.02 1.01 0.99
10 Cry easily 756 2.24 1.38 0.77 −0.67 0.51 0.52 0.12 1.28 1.30 0.90
11 Annoy others 755 2.23 1.29 0.73 −0.53 0.61 0.54 −0.20 0.86 0.84 1.18
12 Argue 757 2.57 1.29 0.34 −0.87 0.52 0.65 0.12 1.12 1.08 0.97
13 Throw things 754 1.98 1.15 0.92 −0.13 0.53 0.53 0.26 0.94 0.90 0.98
14 Interrupt others 750 2.54 1.18 0.39 −0.52 0.62 0.56 −0.38 0.84 0.86 1.15
15 Lie to get things 753 2.10 1.15 0.91 0.11 0.52 0.56 −0.17 0.87 0.96 0.94
16 Temper 757 2.74 1.36 0.26 −1.04 0.63 0.67 −0.35 0.89 0.86 1.19
17 Worry 756 3.04 1.36 −0.03 −1.13 0.60 0.62 −0.62 0.94 0.97 1.01
18 Can't get along 756 2.47 1.28 0.51 −0.73 0.61 0.67 −0.11 0.87 0.85 1.09
19 Feel worthless 756 2.06 1.30 0.93 −0.35 0.64 0.66 0.30 1.02 0.90 1.19
20 Hard to have fun 757 2.06 1.21 0.86 −0.25 0.46 0.49 0.30 1.17 1.28 0.90
21 Peers in trouble 757 2.19 1.23 0.75 −0.41 0.42 0.47 0.17 1.22 1.21 0.79
22 Can't pay attention 760 2.77 1.30 0.16 −0.98 0.49 0.66 0.39 1.07 1.09 0.95
23 Trouble sleeping 756 2.34 1.39 0.62 −0.90 0.58 0.61 0.02 1.13 1.10 1.03
24 Feel tense 752 2.28 1.28 0.64 −0.66 0.63 0.66 0.08 0.89 0.88 1.21
25 Drink alcohol1 764 1.26 0.68 2.87 8.37 0.22 0.21 1.48 1.46 1.37 0.96
26 Use drugs1 760 1.26 0.75 3.25 10.67 0.19 0.16 1.47 1.76 1.71 0.93

Total SFSS Scale Score 760 50.10 10.01 0.37 −0.22
Total Externalizing 761 50.14 10.73 0.39 −0.22
Total Internalizing 759 50.01 12.03 0.54 −0.38
Short Form A 755 50.03 10.08 0.42 −0.08
Short Form B 754 50.14 10.80 0.42 −0.22
*

Items in order as found on measure

1

Items not included in total scale score

Note: Bolded items may be out of desired range for statistic; SD = Standard Deviation; CFA = Confirmatory Factor Analysis standardized factor loadings; Corr = Correlation with total; Measure = item difficulty; Discrim = Discrimination