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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2019 Jan 1;43(1):57–75. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.43.1.6

Table 3.

Factor Loadings from the 8 Factor EFA Solution

Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor 6 Factor 7 Factor 8
Personal/Social
 Physical Activity Enjoyment ‒0.375 0.183 ‒0.003 −0.026 −0.026 −0.025 0.049 0.003
 Physical Activity Barriers ‒0.239 0.236 ‒0.016 0.099 0.045 0.031 0.077 0.001
 Physical Activity Self-Efficacy 0.434 0.001 0.012 0.004 0.016 −0.005 −0.009 0.087
 Physical Activity Self-Management 0.458 0.104 0.019 0.038 0.048 −0.02 −0.018 0.021
 Participation on Sports Teams 0.375 ‒0.058 0.032 −0.097 0.053 0.071 −0.012 0.024
 Perceived Mother’s PA 0.317 ‒0.134 0.197 0.136 −0.023 0.029 0.073 0.05
 Perceived Father’s PA 0.309 ‒0.07 0.156 0.142 0.004 0.103 0.083 −0.005
 Family does Active Things 0.421 ‒0.14 0.158 0.19 −0.12 −0.011 0.01 −0.083
 Family Support for Physical Activity 0.535 ‒0.154 0.116 0.051 −0.032 0.088 −0.02 0.009
 Friends Play Sports 0.84 0.034 ‒0.343 −0.11 0.015 −0.021 0.002 −0.001
 Friends think it is Important to be Active 0.804 0.049 ‒0.34 −0.003 0.03 −0.027 −0.005 −0.044
 Friends are Active Together 0.737 0.014 ‒0.211 −0.023 −0.033 −0.033 0.034 0.023
 Friend Self-Reported Physical Activity 0.136 ‒0.014 ‒0.091 −0.095 0.117 0.094 0.037 0.103
Personal 2
 BMI Percentile ‒0.038 0.139 0.104 −0.078 0.016 −0.049 0.011 −0.027
 Depression ‒0.236 0.295 ‒0.014 0.023 0.115 0.004 0.029 0.076
 Perceived Neighborhood daytime safety ‒0.008 0.867 ‒0.005 0.006 −0.039 −0.003 −0.03 −0.026
 Perceived Neighborhood nighttime safety 0.014 0.885 0.015 −0.018 −0.019 0.018 −0.009 −0.01
Parent
 Parent Self-Reported PA 0.013 ‒0.021 0.487 −0.032 0.048 −0.008 −0.018 0.055
 Parent Active with Child ‒0.01 0.038 0.625 −0.039 −0.009 −0.111 −0.011 −0.075
 Parent helps Child be Active 0.173 0.03 0.53 −0.101 0.059 0.035 −0.017 0.05
 Parent Talks to Child about being Active 0 0.094 0.267 0.007 −0.056 −0.059 0.043 −0.089
 Parent watches TV with Child ‒0.049 0.051 0.319 −0.181 −0.016 −0.053 0.028 −0.029
Sedentary Behavior
 Video Games in Bedroom ‒0.086 0.075 ‒0.009 0.786 0.061 0.016 −0.023 0.042
 TV in Bedroom ‒0.005 0.017 ‒0.031 0.899 −0.001 −0.002 0.04 0.007
 Screen Time ‒0.089 0.074 ‒0.042 −0.336 −0.01 0.015 0.031 −0.018
 Parent TV hours ‒0.029 0.058 0.069 −0.358 −0.039 −0.044 −0.012 0.021
 Home Media Equipment 0.03 0.08 0.059 −0.328 0.013 0.088 0.059 0.259
School 1
 Sport Bus 0.036 0.066 0.034 0.076 −0.9 0.015 0.457 0.023
 Indoor Physical Education Facilities at School ‒0.008 0.011 0.021 0.068 0.603 0.468 −0.099 0.124
 Outdoor Physical Education Facilities at School 0.041 0.029 0.054 0.109 0.708 −0.008 0.254 −0.039
 Distance to the nearest Trail ‒0.038 ‒0.01 ‒0.081 −0.078 −0.269 0.256 −0.014 0.044
 Average Physical Activity of Students in School 0.061 0.008 0.005 0.049 0.392 0.145 0.046 0.318
 Time spent in PE in an average week ‒0.002 0.005 ‒0.016 −0.03 0.403 −0.07 −0.383 0.111
School 2
 School’s Required Physical Education Credits ‒0.002 ‒0.002 ‒0.015 0.066 0.186 −0.797 0.022 0.041
 Had gym class in the last year 0.031 0 0.107 −0.073 −0.023 −0.211 −0.2 0.023
 Activity Fee 0.005 0.021 ‒0.005 0.022 0.439 0.552 0.025 −0.345
Environment 1
 Substance Use ‒0.068 0.02 −0.025 −0.074 0.028 0.057 −0.142 0.141
 Distance to the nearest Rec Center ‒0.059 ‒0.118 −0.06 −0.093 −0.009 0.171 0.54 0.009
 Busy Streets in Neighborhood 0 ‒0.013 −0.004 −0.085 0.27 −0.031 0.559 −0.539
 Road Intersection Density 0.031 0.114 0.04 0.046 −0.018 0.044 −0.571 −0.404
 Distance to School 0.019 0.031 −0.014 0.032 −0.018 0.102 0.451 0.138
 School Physical Activity Promotion 0.042 0.052 0.056 0.116 −0.195 −0.126 0.478 0.245
Environment 2
 Distance to the Nearest Gym ‒0.007 0.034 −0.044 0.011 0 −0.127 −0.041 0.442
 Density of Parks near Home ‒0.025 ‒0.091 0.022 −0.03 −0.009 −0.027 0.251 0.317
 Reported Neighborhood Crime 0.024 0.153 0.003 0.014 −0.035 0.015 −0.145 −0.577
 Home Physical Activity Equipment 0.144 ‒0.006 0.156 −0.129 0.01 0.104 0.066 0.217