Table 4.

Internal consistency and dimensionality estimates for the Feeling Tone Questionnaire: Alpha, McDonald’s Omega Total and explained common variance (ECV) for the total sample and demographic subgroups from the bifactor model analyses (from “Psych” R package)

Sample	N	Cronbach’s Alpha	Ordinal Alpha	McDonald’s Omega Total	ECV (2 group model)	ECV (3 group model)
16 item set
Total Sample	6756	0.773	0.852	0.856	27.555	26.337
Random sample group 1	3378	0.773	0.852	0.856	28.331	27.114
Random sample group 2	3378	0.774	0.851	0.856	26.518	27.723
Race/Ethnicity: White	4960	0.779	0.858	0.862	33.944	30.734
Race/Ethnicity: Black	1144	0.743	0.827	0.835	7.201	23.790
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	517	0.757	0.834	0.839	12.025	33.516
13 Item Set
Total Sample	6756	0.782	0.857	0.862	40.882	68.706
Random sample group 1	3378	0.781	0.858	0.862	42.231	67.890
Random sample group 2	3378	0.782	0.857	0.862	38.633	68.346
Race/Ethnicity: White	4960	0.784	0.861	0.865	43.935	70.614
Race/Ethnicity: Black	1144	0.771	0.845	0.852	25.874	34.049
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	517	0.769	0.842	0.848	26.481	59.743
Positive Affect Item Set
Total Sample	6756	0.808	0.878	0.879	77.350	72.565
Random sample group 1	3378	0.803	0.875	0.875	76.619	72.859
Random sample group 2	3378	0.814	0.882	0.882	76.049	71.979
Race/Ethnicity: White	4960	0.804	0.878	0.878	77.847	73.145
Race/Ethnicity: Black	1144	0.815	0.876	0.877	71.934	65.772
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	517	0.803	0.864	0.866	68.854	67.783
Negative Affect Item Set
Total Sample	6756	0.605	0.733	0.734	47.195	51.626
Random sample group 1	3378	0.608	0.737	0.737	44.079	47.600
Random sample group 2	3378	0.602	0.729	0.731	51.850	47.312
Race/Ethnicity: White	4960	0.601	0.732	0.733	44.680	53.227
Race/Ethnicity: Black	1144	0.591	0.719	0.721	47.186	34.854
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	517	0.677	0.782	0.787	56.692	48.505