Table 2.
Factor analysis and reliability of the Child Vitality-Relaxation Scale.
| Factor | Items | Communality | Factor Loading | M (SD) | Corrected Item-Total Correlation | Cronbach’s α If Item Deleted | Cronbach’s α | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | F2 | ||||||||
| F1 Vitality | 3 | I am enthusiastic and energetic. | 0.79 | 0.88 | 5.51 (1.49) | 0.75 | 0.821 | 0.867 | |
| 7 | I feel confident. | 0.66 | 0.76 | 4.93 (1.72) | 0.73 | 0.823 | |||
| 8 | I feel lively and vital. | 0.85 | 0.91 | 5.42 (1.64) | 0.79 | 0.801 | |||
| 9 | I am hopeful. | 0.69 | 0.61 | 5.06 (1.66) | 0.62 | 0.871 | |||
| F2 Relaxa-tion | 1 | I feel calm. | 0.43 | 0.64 | 3.74 (1.54) | 0.42 | 0.700 | 0.715 | |
| 2 | I can concentrate well. | 0.40 | 0.55 | 4.91 (1.47) | 0.47 | 0.675 | |||
| 4 | I am relaxed. | 0.72 | 0.74 | 4.66 (1.69) | 0.62 | 0.576 | |||
| 5 | I have no worries. | 0.44 | 0.60 | 3.69 (1.90) | 0.52 | 0.648 | |||
| Eigenvalue | 4.14 | 1.55 | |||||||
| Variance (%) | 36.3 | 25.5 | |||||||
| Cumulative variance (%) | 36.3 | 61.8 | |||||||
| Cronbach’s α for the total CVRS = 0.835 | |||||||||
Extraction method: principal component analysis, Rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalization. M: mean; SD: standard deviation.