Table 2.

Item and Exploratory Factor Analyses for the Perceived Barriers Scale among Adolescent Girls (N = 1,011^a)

Item	Item Analysis				Factor Analysis
	M	SD	Item-Total Correlation	Alpha if Item Deleted	LC	Communality (h2)
1. I feel embarrassed about the way I look whenever I exercise.	1.26	1.15	.46	.85	.50	.25
2. I feel too lazy to exercise (not motivated).	1.09	1.02	.52	.85	.57	.33
3. I am too busy.	1.02	.94	.38	.85	.41	.17
4. I would have to exercise alone.	1.13	1.10	.50	.85	.54	.29
5. I need to have better skills.	1.52	1.09	.43	.85	.46	.21
6. I have some pain from activity.	1.22	1.06	.43	.85	.46	.21
7. I am tired.	1.29	.97	.51	.85	.56	.32
8. I have a bad day.	1.14	1.01	.47	.85	.51	.26
9. I think exercise is hard work – “too much” for me to do.	.65	.86	.57	.84	.62	.38
10. I hate to sweat during the school day.	1.53	1.17	.43	.85	.47	.22
11. I want to do things other than physical activity with my time.	1.25	1.05	.54	.85	.59	.34
12. The weather is bad.	.94	1.02	.36	.85	.39	.15
13. It costs too much to do physical activities that I like.	.99	1.02	.50	.85	.54	.29
14. It is hard to find good places to do physical activities that I like.	1.22	1.05	.57	.84	.62	.38
15. Some people want me to do things other than physical activity with my time.	1.20	1.06	.50	.85	.54	.29
16. It is hard to find physical activity programs or classes that I like to do.	1.39	1.08	.54	.84	.59	.35

Note.

^aOne girl did not complete the survey;

M=mean; SD=standard deviation; LC=loading coefficient.