Table 2.

Factor loadings of the parent and teacher version of the SDQ

	Factor loadings
	Parent			Teacher
	T1	T2	T3	T1	T2	T3
Emotional symptoms
Somatic	.39	.46	.36	.53	.54	.56
Worry	.72	.77	.75	.73	.77	.76
Unhappy	.84	.78	.82	.90	.94	.92
Clingy	.66	.72	.71	.81	.82	.74
Fears	.63	.67	.73	.78	.80	.75
Conduct problems
Tantrums	.59	.64	.67	.71	.67	.79
Obedient*	.61	.60	.68	.64	.87	.84
Fights	.73	.61	.65	.80	.82	.83
Lies	.52	.55	.66	.76	.77	.81
Steals	.35	.28	.49	.72	.51	.65
Hyperactivity
Restless	.77	.82	.79	.91	.93	.92
Fidgeting/squirming	.73	.73	.76	.85	.90	.91
Distracted	.80	.82	.90	.85	.90	.88
Thinks*	.62	.67	.67	.77	.83	.85
Completes*	.76	.79	.81	.76	.87	.85
Peer problems
Solitary	.51	.45	.56	.52	.46	.45
Good friend*	.44	.57	.59	.71	.76	.70
Popular*	.81	.84	.85	.97	.99	.98
Bullied	.61	.57	.70	.66	.67	.69
Good with adults	.59	.63	.66	.54	.50	.55
Prosocial behavior
Considerate	.79	.89	.90	.93	.97	.98
Shares	.59	.68	.64	.79	.81	.80
Helpful	.59	.62	.64	.80	.83	.79
Kind	.52	.61	.67	.71	.71	.76
Helps	.57	.55	.61	.72	.71	.63

Note. Items marked with an asterisk are reversed items.