TABLE 2.
Rotated factor component matrix for the WURS
| As a child I was (or had) | Component | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Aggressiveness and Social Problems (30.7% of the variance) | |||
| WURS 6: Temper outbursts, tantrums | 0.817 | 0.204 | 0.235 |
| WURS 14: Angry | 0.811 | 0.172 | 0.318 |
| WURS 5: Hot‐ or short‐tempered, low boiling point | 0.785 | 0.242 | 0.261 |
| WURS 10: Disobedient with parents, rebellious, sassy | 0.746 | 0.214 | 0.137 |
| WURS 19: Losing control of myself | 0.740 | 0.342 | 0.328 |
| WURS 12: Irritable | 0.738 | 0.247 | 0.401 |
| WURS 8: Stubborn, strong‐willed | 0.673 | 0.242 | 0.475 |
| WURS 13: Moody, ups and downs | 0.672 | 0.403 | 0.336 |
| WURS 20: Tendency to be or act irrational | 0.662 | 0.154 | 0.090 |
| WURS 15: Trouble seeing things from someone else's point of view | 0.652 | 0.390 | 0.115 |
| WURS 22: Trouble with authorities, trouble with school, visits to principal's office | 0.635 | 0.374 | 0.230 |
| WURS 16: Acting without thinking, impulsive | 0.621 | 0.559 | 0.234 |
| WURS 21: Unpopular with other children, did not keep friends for long, did not get along with other children | 0.467 | 0.349 | 0.433 |
| Learning and Attention Problems (19.5% of the variance) | |||
| WURS 23: Overall a poor student, slow learner | 0.229 | 0.783 | 0.195 |
| WURS 24: Trouble with mathematics or numbers | 0.147 | 0.757 | 0.209 |
| WURS 25: Not achieving up to potential | 0.312 | 0.730 | 0.370 |
| WURS 1: Concentration problems, easily distracted | 0.459 | 0.694 | 0.310 |
| WURS 7: Trouble with stick‐to‐it‐tiveness, not following through, failing to finish things started | 0.369 | 0.595 | 0.427 |
| WURS 4: Inattentive, daydreaming | 0.519 | 0.587 | 0.330 |
| WURS 17: Tendency to be immature | 0.432 | 0.542 | 0.308 |
| Dysthymia (19.0% of the variance) | |||
| WURS 2: Anxious, worrying | 0.200 | 0.240 | 0.814 |
| WURS 9: Sad or blue, depressed, unhappy | 0.313 | 0.151 | 0.799 |
| WURS 11: Low opinion of myself | 0.166 | 0.265 | 0.754 |
| WURS 18: Guilty feelings, regretful | 0.230 | 0.280 | 0.728 |
| WURS 3: Nervous, fidgety | 0.334 | 0.377 | 0.684 |
PCA with Varimax rotation on the WURS in the full sample. Items sorted by factor loadings. Total variance explained by the three‐factor solution: 69.2%.