Table 1.
Factor Analyses of the Profile of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (PONS) parent-version using database of general population
| Domains | Factors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 : Neurodevelopmental Disability | 2 : Behaviour and Emotional Dysregulation | 3 : Psychoses and Personality Dysfunction | 4 : Anxiety and Depression | |
| Language problems | .670 | .066 | .053 | .049 |
| Clumsiness | .662 | −.121 | .111 | .123 |
| Difficulties learning | .661 | .003 | −.058 | .089 |
| Social communication difficulties | .617 | .010 | .041 | .195 |
| Inattention | .614 | .360 | −.177 | −.012 |
| Mannerisms | .566 | −.070 | .476 | −.136 |
| Impulsivity | .548 | .457 | −.074 | −.111 |
| Hyperactivity | .538 | .351 | .083 | −.198 |
| Cognitive rigidity | .524 | .163 | −.045 | .214 |
| Sensory symptoms | .501 | −.185 | .127 | .298 |
| Circumscribed interests | .398 | .046 | .192 | .127 |
| Obsessions compulsions | .385 | −.069 | .266 | .241 |
| Body control | .348 | .023 | .286 | −.191 |
| Aggression | −.035 | .862 | .018 | .011 |
| Oppositionality | .098 | .803 | −.083 | −.007 |
| Explosive rage | .010 | .734 | .026 | .083 |
| Lack remorse | .157 | .552 | .076 | .062 |
| Labile mood | .051 | .533 | .011 | .271 |
| Eating problems | .166 | .210 | .037 | .193 |
| Hallucinations | .023 | −.116 | .702 | .058 |
| Spontaneous abnormal movements | .236 | −.069 | .668 | −.133 |
| SelfInjury | .021 | .129 | .556 | .081 |
| Antisocial behaviour | −.132 | .423 | .524 | −.046 |
| Paranoid thoughts | −.060 | .158 | .375 | .337 |
| Manic symptoms | .190 | .129 | .347 | .117 |
| Worries | .177 | .032 | −.129 | .709 |
| Low mood | −.048 | .150 | .004 | .685 |
| Fears | .291 | −.089 | −.051 | .589 |
| Depressive thoughts | −.223 | .239 | .317 | .505 |
| Sleep problems | .255 | .174 | −.043 | .285 |
Extract Method: Principal Axis Factoring. Rotation Method: Promax with Kaiser Normalization. Rotation converged in 10 interactions