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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2017 May 17;61(3):348–354. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.03.004

Table 2.

Monitoring items included in analysis, including factor loadings from EFA and composition of each factor

Promax
Rotated
Factor
Loadings
1 2 3 4
Parental knowledge and disclosure to parents
 Do your parents know what you do during your free time?   .61   .11 −.05   .09
 Do your parents know who you have as friends during your free time?   .64   .01 −.08   .08
 Do your parents know what type of homework you have?   .68 −.05 −.03   .01
 Do your parents know what you spend your money on?   .71   .05   .03 −.04
 Do your parents know how you do in different subjects at school?   .68 −.13   .04   .06
 Do your parents know where you go when you are out with friends at night?   .77   .08   .18 −.14
 Do your parents know where you go and what you do after school?   .77   .02   .17 −.13
 Do you spontaneously tell your parents about your friends (which friends you hang out with and how they think and feel about various things)?   .60 −.07 −.14   .12
 How often do you usually want to tell your parents about school (how each subject is going; your relationships with teachers)?   .63 −.07 −.05   .09
 Do you tell your parents about what you did and where you went during the evening? Parental control   .58   .17   .06   .14
 Must you have your parents’ permission before you go out during the weeknights?   .10 −.06   .79 −.01
 If you go out on a Saturday evening, must you inform your parents beforehand about who will be there and where you will be going?   .11 −.01   .84 −.02
 If you have been out past curfew, do your parents require that you explain why and tell who you were with? −.04   .03   .70   .07
 Do your parents demand that they know where you are in the evenings, who you are going to be with, and what you are going to do? −.03   .00   .80   .06
 Must you ask your parents before you can make plans with friends about what you will do on a Saturday night?   .01   .03   .83 −.01
Parental solicitation
 How often do your parents ask you about what happened during your free time?   .19 −.04   .04   .68
 During the past month, how often have your parents initiated a conversation with you about your free time?   .01   .02   .02   .83
 How often do your parents have extra time to sit down and listen to you when you talk about what happened during your free time?   .15   .06 −.02   .55
Secret-keeping from parents
 Do you keep secrets from your parents about what you do during your free time? −.02 −.88 −.01 −.06
 Do you hide things from your parents about what you do during nights and weekends? −.20 −.71   .06   .08

EFA = exploratory factor analysis.