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. 2013 Feb 28;54(3):460–472. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt001

Table 1.

R-REM Item Loadings (λ) From the Unidimensional Exploratory Factor Analysis (MPLUS, Column 2), Schmid–Leiman (S-L) Bifactor Model With Three- and Two-Group Factors (performed with R, and allowing cross-loadings), and MPLUS Bifactor Two-Group Factor Solution Without Cross-Loadings

Item description One factor, λ (SE)a S–L bifactor solutions MPLUS bifactor solutions
Three factor Two factor S–L-based modelb Final model
Gλ (var.) F1λ F2λ F3λ h 2 Gλ (var.) F1λ F2λ h 2 Gλ (SE) F1λ (SE) F2λ (SE) Gλ (SE) F1λ (SE) F2λ (SE)
Use bad words toward another resident 0.91 (0.02) 0.78 (0.73) 0.42 0.22 0.83 0.71 (0.61) 0.57 0.83 0.88 (0.05) 0.24 (0.16) 0.85 (0.05) 0.33 (0.10)
Scream at another resident 0.95 (0.02) 0.80 (0.69) 0.52 0.92 0.75 (0.62) 0.58 0.89 0.87 (0.07) 0.47 (0.14) 0.83 (0.05) 0.53 (0.09)
Try to scare, frighten, or threaten (another resident) with words 0.85 (0.03) 0.72 (0.65) 0.48 0.20 0.79 0.64 (0.49) 0.64 0.82 0.79 (0.08) 0.34 (0.17) 0.74 (0.07) 0.43 (0.13)
Boss around/tell another resident what to do 0.79 (0.03) 0.62 (0.50) 0.61 0.78 0.58 (0.55) 0.51 0.60 0.71 (0.08) 0.40 (0.16) 0.66 (0.07) 0.47 (0.13)
Hit another resident 0.81 (0.04) 0.68 (0.62) 0.52 0.75 0.71 (0.68) 0.47 0.75 0.74 (0.06) 0.49 (0.10) 0.77 (0.06) 0.44 (0.11)
Grab or yank another resident 0.75 (0.06) 0.62 (0.56) 0.54 0.68 0.66 (0.64) 0.50 0.69 0.62 (0.08) 0.58 (0.12) 0.64 (0.08) 0.55 (0.13)
Push or shove another resident 0.74 (0.06) 0.61 (0.69) 0.23 0.34 0.55 0.63 (0.74) 0.25 0.29 0.54 0.71 (0.07) 0.34 (0.14) 0.74 (0.07) 0.28 (0.14)
Throw things at another resident 0.82 (0.05) 0.79 (0.64) 0.59 0.99 0.70 (0.72) 0.38 0.21 0.67 0.92 (0.06) −0.20 (0.22) 0.89 (0.06)
Threaten another resident with a cane, fist, or other object 0.81 (0.05) 0.74 (0.78) 0.25 0.25 0.70 0.70 (0.71) 0.42 0.70 0.85 (0.07) 0.02 (0.16) 0.88 (0.06)
Other physical behavior like kicking, biting, scratching, or spitting at another resident 0.80 (0.06) 0.63 (0.40) 0.77 1.00 0.72 (0.54) 0.66 0.96 0.61 (0.08) 0.74 (0.11) 0.63 (0.08) 0.74 (0.13)
Going into another resident’s room without asking/taking/touching/ damaging/breaking other residents “personal” things 0.51 (0.06) 0.50 (0.71) 0.27 0.35 0.47 (0.74) 0.21 0.30 0.59 (0.08) −0.23 (0.18) 0.55 (0.07)
Eigenvalues 5.2 1.2 1.4 0.6 4.9 1.8 1.1
Correlation of scores with factors 0.88 0.78 0.93 0.85 0.77 0.79

Notes: G = general factor; F1, F2, and F3 = group factors; h 2 = communality; (uniqueness u 2 = 1–communality).

aGeomin (oblique) rotation.

bS–L PC = S–L principal components.