Table III.
Item-Level GAD-7 and CESD-R-10 Factor Loadings (Standardized) by Sex and Grade Among Y7 COMPASS (2018–19) Participants
| Factor loading (SE) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale | Item | Female | Male | Grade 9 | Grade 12 | |
| GAD-7 | 1 | Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge | 0.84 (0.00) | 0.86 (0.00) | 0.86 (0.00) | 0.89 (0.00) |
| 2 | Not being able to stop or control worrying | 0.91 (0.00) | 0.92 (0.00) | 0.93 (0.00) | 0.94 (0.00) | |
| 3 | Worrying too much about different things | 0.88 (0.00) | 0.89 (0.00) | 0.89 (0.00) | 0.92 (0.00) | |
| 4 | Trouble relaxing | 0.81 (0.00) | 0.84 (0.00) | 0.84 (0.00) | 0.87 (0.00) | |
| 5 | Being so restless that it’s hard to sit still | 0.70 (0.01) | 0.73 (0.01) | 0.73 (0.01) | 0.78 (0.01) | |
| 6 | Becoming easily annoyed or irritable | 0.66 (0.01) | 0.69 (0.00) | 0.87 (0.01) | 0.73 (0.01) | |
| 7 | Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen | 0.76 (0.00) | 0.79 (0.00) | 0.77 (0.01) | 0.81 (0.01) | |
| CESD-R-10 | 1 | I was bothered by things that usually don’t bother me | 0.67 (0.01) | 0.71 (0.00) | 0.71 (0.01) | 0.73 (0.01) |
| 2 | I had trouble keeping my mind on what I was doing | 0.69 (0.01) | 0.73 (0.01) | 0.74 (0.01) | 0.76 (0.01) | |
| 3 | I felt depressed | 0.79 (0.00) | 0.82 (0.00) | 0.80 (0.01) | 0.72 (0.01) | |
| 4 | I felt that everything I did was an effort | 0.58 (0.01) | 0.62 (0.01) | 0.55 (0.01) | 0.57 (0.01) | |
| 5 | I felt hopeful about the future | −0.06 (0.01) | −0.07 (0.01) | −0.02 (0.01) | −0.03 (0.01) | |
| 6 | I felt fearful | 0.70 (0.01) | 0.74 (0.00) | 0.73 (0.01) | 0.75 (0.01) | |
| 7 | My sleep was restless | 0.59 (0.01) | 0.63 (0.00) | 0.63 (0.01) | 0.65 (0.01) | |
| 8 | I was happy | −0.30 (0.01) | −0.33 (0.01) | −0.26 (0.01) | −0.28 (0.01) | |
| 9 | I felt lonely | 0.74 (0.00) | 0.77 (0.00) | 0.75 (0.01) | 0.77 (0.01) | |
| 10 | I could not get “going” | 0.75 (0.01) | 0.78 (0.00) | 0.78 (0.01) | 0.79 (0.01) | |