Table 2.
Rotated factor matrix for peer crowd identification
| Elite | Misfit | Deviant | Academic | Musician/ gamer |
Counterculture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artists/artsy | −.174 | .391 | .146 | .287 | .262 | .094 |
| Athletes/jocks | .821 | −.177 | .040 | .049 | .048 | −.151 |
| Emo | −.221 | .880 | .229 | −.036 | .090 | −.086 |
| Involved in school | .197 | −.136 | −.180 | .450 | .210 | .171 |
| Musicians | −.087 | .143 | .102 | .176 | .589 | .071 |
| Popular/cool | .692 | −.203 | .090 | −.022 | −.115 | −.010 |
| Preppy | .719 | −.134 | −.024 | .073 | −.044 | .159 |
| Band (marching band) | .052 | .029 | −.074 | .080 | .594 | .045 |
| Goth | −.234 | .779 | .214 | −.062 | .144 | .186 |
| Nerds | −.060 | .188 | −.104 | .454 | .317 | .221 |
| Straightedge | .053 | .097 | .167 | .213 | .235 | .168 |
| Smart | .009 | −.002 | −.027 | .964 | .050 | −.089 |
| Misfits/outsiders | −.383 | .497 | .411 | .001 | .217 | .095 |
| Gamers | −.116 | .212 | .340 | .089 | .321 | .092 |
| Skaters | .025 | .244 | .578 | −.183 | .226 | .099 |
| Nonconformists | −.235 | .292 | .323 | .156 | .275 | .134 |
| Religious | .300 | −.111 | −.009 | .329 | .311 | −.065 |
| Goody-goodies | .352 | −.154 | .022 | .345 | .259 | .213 |
| Hippies | −.122 | .190 | .227 | .079 | .169 | .536 |
| Rebels | −.056 | .194 | .811 | −.102 | −.042 | .058 |
| Partiers | .305 | .016 | .613 | .007 | −.196 | .110 |
| Hipsters | .260 | −.046 | .398 | .054 | .024 | .415 |
| Average/ regulars | .274 | −.281 | .022 | .058 | .104 | −.056 |
Extraction method: maximum likelihood; rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalization.