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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 4.

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

Item No.* Item N mean SD skewness kurtosis CORR Primary Factor Loading MEASURE INMSQ OUTMS DISCR
1 Feel unhappy 683 3.04 1.05 −0.12 −0.21 0.62 0.62 −0.50 0.71 0.85 1.17
2 Get in trouble 682 2.67 1.21 0.20 −0.79 0.66 0.69 −0.11 0.83 0.82 1.18
3 Lack of energy 677 2.46 1.22 0.36 −0.84 0.42 0.42 0.12 1.35 1.61 0.46
4 Disobey 680 3.08 1.26 −0.03 −0.89 0.71 0.77 −0.55 0.77 0.80 1.28
5 Bully 683 2.13 1.24 0.79 −0.43 0.61 0.65 0.51 1.11 1.01 1.04
6 Afraid others laugh 683 2.38 1.27 0.51 −0.81 0.58 0.58 0.22 1.13 1.09 0.91
7 Hard to wait turn 682 2.36 1.25 0.49 −0.76 0.63 0.67 0.24 0.97 0.96 1.09
8 Nervous/shy 684 2.32 1.17 0.53 −0.50 0.43 0.39 0.29 1.29 1.39 0.64
9 Cant' sit still 681 2.73 1.31 0.23 −0.99 0.57 0.58 −0.17 1.13 1.11 0.83
10 Cry easily 681 2.24 1.21 0.73 −0.33 0.54 0.54 0.38 1.14 1.14 0.85
11 Annoy others 683 2.79 1.33 0.18 −1.01 0.71 0.69 −0.40 0.88 0.86 1.23
12 Argue 678 2.95 1.35 0.01 −1.10 0.62 0.78 −0.24 1.04 1.04 1.01
13 Throw things 683 2.13 1.22 0.74 −0.46 0.61 0.66 −0.10 1.11 1.13 0.95
14 Interrupt others 683 2.93 1.24 0.04 −0.86 0.65 0.71 −0.47 0.88 0.87 1.18
15 Lie to get things 681 2.66 1.34 0.27 −1.03 0.65 0.67 −0.38 0.86 0.88 1.11
16 Temper 682 2.99 1.31 0.00 −1.03 0.70 0.76 −0.44 0.83 0.81 1.21
17 Worry 680 2.90 1.24 0.09 −0.85 0.54 0.51 −0.34 1.07 1.09 0.82
18 Can't get along 682 2.72 1.23 0.21 −0.82 0.71 0.76 −0.16 0.74 0.72 1.28
19 Feel worthless 676 2.31 1.21 0.53 −0.69 0.65 0.62 0.29 0.91 0.85 1.13
20 Hard to have fun 680 2.19 1.11 0.61 −0.34 0.57 0.54 0.44 0.95 0.95 1.02
21 Peers in trouble 683 2.19 1.28 0.72 −0.62 0.45 0.49 0.44 1.50 1.63 0.55
22 Can't pay attention 685 3.01 1.26 −0.03 −0.84 0.63 0.67 0.51 1.02 0.97 1.12
23 Trouble sleeping 681 2.26 1.24 0.69 −0.51 0.51 0.47 0.35 1.26 1.25 0.73
24 Feel tense 682 2.55 1.17 0.27 −0.65 0.63 0.58 0.02 0.83 0.84 1.18
25 Drink alcohol1 685 1.21 0.66 3.45 12.15 0.19 0.16 2.09 1.84 1.96 0.91
26 Use drugs1 684 1.27 0.77 3.25 10.66 0.24 0.22 1.86 1.94 1.71 0.89

Total SFSS Scale Score 686 50.17 10.00 0.16 −0.35
Total Externalizing 688 51.25 11.57 0.16 −0.59
Total Internalizing 684 48.70 10.62 0.32 −0.29
Short Form A 684 50.30 10.20 0.20 −0.35
Short Form B 682 50.01 10.35 0.19 −0.32
*

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