Table 5.

Standardized factor loadings of items for the multilevel confirmatory factor analysis (ML-CFA)

	Within level				Between level
	Factor 1 School adjustment	Factor 2 Externalizing	Factor 3 Internalizing	Factor 4 Self-esteem	Factor 1 Factor 2 Collective school adjustment	Factor 2 Psychosocial environment	Factor 3 Collective self-esteem
Trouble paying attention	0.859				1.000
Trouble getting homework done	0.806				0.756
Trouble getting along with teachers	0.718				0.664	−0.743
Trouble getting along with other students	0.726				0.533	−0.883
Skipping school		0.700			0.261	0.618
Does not try hard in school		0.566				0.936
Getting into a physical fight		0.442				−0.616
Smoking cigarettes		0.784				0.776
Getting drunk		0.820				0.825
Feel blue			0.857			0.945
Cried a lot			0.735			0.701
Were moody			0.718			0.935
Trouble relaxing			0.720			0.913
Afraid of things			0.621			0.630
Not doing everything right				0.785		0.777
Not proud of self				0.825		0.367	0.766
Does not like oneself				0.816		0.711	0.250
Does not feel socially accepted				0.732		ns	0.819
Feels unloved and unwanted				0.761	ns		0.992
Does not have good qualities				0.741			0.755
Factor correlations	1.000				1.000
	0.404	1.000			0.119	1.000
	0.184	0.266	1.000		0.559	0.251	1.000
	0.209	0.326	0.541	1.000

Notes. χ² =6138.098; df=326; p<0.0001; CFI=0.975; RMSEA=0.021; SRMR_within=0.051; SRMR_between=0.120. Results shown fix two Heywood cases (non-significant negative residuals) at zero