Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for factor loadings across 29 societies by syndrome

Syndromes and itemsa	Mean Loading	SD	Median Loading	Range of median Loadings
Anxious/Depressed	(.67)	(.08)	(.70)	(.45–.80)
12. Lonely	.65	.08	.68	.44–.77
13. Confused	.74	.06	.75	.62–.82
14. Cries a lot	.57	.06	.57	.38–.68
22. Worries about future	.43	.21	.45	−.09–.74
31. Fears doing bad	.58	.12	.60	.23–.76
33. Feels unloved	.73	.05	.73	.61–.82
34. Others out to get him/her	.63	.08	.62	.48–.80
35. Feels worthless	.73	.07	.73	.56–.87
45. Nervous, tense	.70	.09	.73	.48–.83
47. Lacks self-confidence	.70	.07	.70	.51–.82
50. Fearful, anxious	.71	.07	.70	.49–.83
52. Feels too guilty	.69	.06	.70	.56–.81
71. Self-conscious	.58	.10	.59	.35–.81
91. Suicidal thoughts	.71	.12	.71	.33–.91
103. Unhappy, sad	.79	.05	.80	.65–.89
107. Can’t succeed	.68	.07	.69	.55–.82
112. Worries	.65	.13	.66	.37–.87
113. Worries about relations with opp. sex	.57	.11	.58	.26–.77
Withdrawn	(.64)	(.08)	(.67)	(.47–.72)
25. Doesn’t get along	.68	.08	.68	.48–.83
30. Poor relations with opp. sex	.58	.11	.62	.37–.77
42. Rather be alone	.57	.06	.58	.43–.69
48. Not liked	.72	.10	.72	.49–.89
60. Enjoys little	.71	.07	.70	.56–.87
65. Refuses to talk	.66	.08	.67	.41–.82
67. Trouble making friends	.69	.07	.70	.53–.87
69. Secretive	.46	.15	.47	−.05–.66
111. Withdrawn	.63	.12	.64	.39–.84
Somatic complaints	(.64)	(.10)	(.64)	(.49–.81)
51. Feels dizzy	.71	.11	.73	.35–.91
54. Tired without reason	.81	.09	.81	.66–1.01b
56a. Aches, pains	.60	.10	.62	.34–.78
56b. Headaches	.54	.09	.55	.32–.71
56c. Nausea, feels sick	.74	.09	.74	.51–.87
56d. Eye problems	.48	.13	.49	.23–.75
56e. Skin problems	.48	.11	.51	.12–.64
56f. Stomachaches	.60	.09	.62	.30–.77
56g. Vomiting	.68	.10	.70	.40–.85
56h. Heart pounding	.66	.09	.66	.38–.79
56i. Numbness	.67	.11	.68	.45–.89
100. Trouble sleeping	.55	.09	.57	.32–.77
Thought problems	(.60)	(.09)	(.62)	(.41–.72)
9. Can’t get mind off thoughts	.61	.11	.65	.35–.79
18. Harms self	.75	.16	.72	.43–1.09b
36. Accident-prone	.57	.10	.57	.36–.74
40. Hears sounds, voices	.64	.19	.65	.20–1.05b
46. Twitching	.63	.07	.65	.50–.75
63. Prefers older people	.43	.12	.41	.15–.69
66. Repeats acts	.57	.12	.57	.36–.76
70. Sees things	.54	.16	.52	.25–.82
84. Strange behavior	.62	.13	.60	.36–.96
85. Strange ideas	.62	.12	.64	.34–.90
Attention problems	(.59)	(.09)	(.59)	(.43–.71)
1. Forgetful	.46	.08	.48	.28–.60
8. Can’t concentrate	.61	.06	.61	.50–.71
11. Too dependent	.57	.05	.58	.48–.65
17. Daydreams	.48	.15	.51	.07–.67
53. Trouble planning	.65	.08	.65	.43–.80
59. Fails to finish	.68	.08	.69	.51–.84
61. Poor work performance	.69	.08	.67	.54–.86
64. Trouble setting priorities	.67	.07	.67	.52–.82
78. Trouble making decisions	.71	.07	.71	.56–.82
101. Skips job	.54	.11	.55	.36–.69
102. Lacks energy	.67	.09	.68	.46–.89
105. Disorganized	.61	.10	.59	.39–.76
108. Loses things	.56	.10	.55	.36–.73
119. Not good at details	.50	.12	.50	.24–.70
121. Late for appointments	.42	.10	.43	.28–.62
Aggressive behavior	(.64)	(.09)	(.63)	(.48–.79)
3. Argues	.46	.13	.48	.20–.71
5. Blames others	.53	.11	.54	.22–.71
16. Mean to others	.54	.11	.54	.31–.75
28. Gets along badly with family	.56	.10	.56	.38–.75
37. Gets in fights	.59	.14	.60	.34–.92
55. Mood swings	.77	.10	.78	.54–.96
57. Attacks people	.63	.17	.65	.25–.95
68. Screams a lot	.59	.09	.59	.44–.72
81. Changeable behavior	.72	.11	.74	.33–.89
86. Stubborn, sullen, irritable	.66	.11	.67	.31–.84
87. Mood changes	.76	.08	.78	.58–.84
95. Hot temper	.65	.08	.66	.43–.77
97. Threatens people	.62	.12	.60	.37–.87
116. Easily upset	.74	.08	.73	.62–.90
118. Impatient	.64	.07	.63	.53–.82
Rule–breaking behavior	(.60)	(.11)	(.61)	(.37–.77)
6. Uses drugs	.47	.11	.46	.24–.69
20. Damages own things	.69	.11	.72	.33–.83
23. Breaks rules	.60	.09	.61	.43–.77
26. Lacks guilt	.34	.16	.37	.02–.64
39. Bad friends	.57	.11	.58	.32–.77
41. Impulsive	.68	.08	.69	.50–.81
43. Lying, cheating	.66	.09	.67	.40–.82
76. Irresponsible	.75	.09	.77	.52–.90
82. Steals	.64	.18	.65	.16–.93
90. Gets drunk	.52	.16	.48	.24–.96
92. Trouble with the law	.60	.16	.59	.31–.83
114. Fails to pay debts	.59	.10	.60	.26–.75
117. Trouble managing money	.62	.07	.62	.48–.76
122. Trouble keeping jobs	.59	.17	.61	−.04–.83
Intrusive	(.65)	(.06)	(.65)	(.57–.74)
7. Brags	.53	.14	.57	.20–.77
19. Demands attention	.62	.11	.62	.38–.78
74. Showing off, clowning	.66	.10	.67	.30–.77
93. Talks too much	.61	.13	.62	.37–.83
94. Teases a lot	.71	.14	.74	.39–.90
104. Loud	.70	.10	.71	.51–.89

Values in parentheses and italics are descriptive statistics for syndromes

^aThe number is the item’s number on the ASR

^bThe 95% confidence intervals around out-of-range factor loadings included values that were in the admissible parameter space (0.00–1.00)