Table 1.
Scale Reliability and Factor Analysis
| Factor | Variable | M | SD | Factor Loadings | Eigenvalue | % of Variance | |
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| Healthy Leisure (α=0.77) | I get a lot of benefits (good things) out of my free time. | 2.60 | 1.18 | .67 | .27 | 2.96 | 36.9 |
| The things that I do in my free time are healthy. | 2.70 | 1.15 | .64 | .25 | |||
| I feel good about myself in my free time | 2.96 | 1.03 | .58 | .24 | |||
| Having health free time activities can help me avoid risky behavior. | 2.76 | 1.19 | .55 | .25 | |||
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| Leisure Planning Efficacy (α=0.76) | I am confident I can plan activities for myself without help from my parents. | 2.57 | 1.20 | .26 | .66 | 0.51 | 6.4 |
| I know how to plan my free time activities. | 2.81 | 1.08 | .28 | .66 | |||
| I make good decisions about what to do in my free time. | 2.86 | 1.06 | .28 | .58 | |||
| I know how to get the information needed to make the best choice of what to do in my free time. | 2.73 | 1.08 | .19 | .50 | |||
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| Perception of Parental Over-Control (α=0.73) | My parents have too much control over what I do in my free time. | 1.97 | 1.31 | ||||
| I think my parents interfere too much in my free time. | 1.92 | 1.33 | |||||
| There are things I would like to do in my free time but I am not allowed to do them. | 2.03 | 1.32 | |||||
Note: N=5638 students, M=Mean, SD=Standard Deviation. Item response ranged from 0 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree).