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. 2015 Jan;135(1):59–67. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-0628

TABLE 2.

PCA: Factor Loadings for Health Risk Behaviors

Health Risk Behavior Common Substances (Factor 1) Nonviolent Delinquency (Factor 2) Illicit Substances (Factor 3) Violent Delinquency (Factor 4) Sexual Assault and Inhalants (Factor 5)
Staying out all night without permission 0.16 0.62 −0.01 −0.04 −0.02
Running away from home −0.26 0.80 0.13 −0.18 −0.07
Being questioned by police about something they suspect involvement in 0.21 0.24 −0.01 0.43 −0.04
Stealing something from a store or school −0.01 0.67 0.04 0.04 −0.01
Intentionally damaging or destroying something −0.04 0.69 −0.10 0.23 −0.05
Fought someone to the point where they needed care for their injuries −0.02 −0.05 0.05 0.86 −0.05
Attacking someone with the intention of causing serious harm 0.02 −0.07 −0.03 0.81 0.07
Sold drugs 0.06 0.15 0.39 0.19 0.11
Attempting to touch anyone in a sexual way without consent −0.07 −0.04 −0.12 0.06 0.81
Passenger in vehicle driven under the influence of alcohol or other drugs 0.52 0.23 0.06 −0.19 0.23
Driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs 0.41 0.20 −0.16 −0.09 0.39
Cigarette use 0.54 0.07 0.27 0.04 −0.11
Alcohol use 0.92 −0.16 −0.09 0.01 −0.04
Using alcohol to the point of intoxication 0.89 0.10 −0.02 0.04 −0.06
Marijuana use 0.59 0.01 0.36 0.01 −0.08
Hallucinogen use 0.07 −0.04 0.80 0.03 −0.02
Glue or other inhalant use −0.12 0.18 0.32 −0.03 0.59
Illicit use of prescription drugs −0.08 −0.01 0.72 0.01 0.03
Other drug (eg, crack, heroin) use 0.01 0.07 0.85 −0.03 −0.05
Eigenvalue (% of variance) 4.19 (21%) 4.07 (20%) 3.91 (20%) 3.19 (16%) 1.92 (10%)