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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2010 Mar;19(1):34–49. doi: 10.1002/mpr.303

Table 3.

Rotated (promax)1 tetrachoric factor analysis (standardized regression coefficients) for hyperactivity-impulsivity symptoms based on CIDI symptom reports in adolescent–parent pairs where both respondents were classified as being in the HD spectrum (n = 1512)

Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4
I. Youth reports
Fidgets or squirms 0 .11 0 .74 0 .11 −0.05
Leaves seat 0.05 0.65 0.27 −0.05
Runs about or climbs 0.16 0.73 0.05 −0.01
Difficulty playing quietly −0.21 0.87 −0.09 0.09
On the go or driven by a motor 0.04 0.77 −0.09 −0.00
Talks excessively −0.09 0.18 0.72 0.07
Blurts out answers −0.10 −0.02 0.84 0.16
Difficulty waiting turn 0.08 0.15 0.74 −0.16
Interrupts or intrudes on others 0.03 −0.15 0.94 −0.01
II. Parent reports
Fidgets or squirms 0.95 −0.09 0.09 −0.13
Leaves seat 0.81 0.13 −0.13 0.11
Runs about or climbs 0.95 −0.02 0.00 0.01
Difficulty playing quietly 0.86 −0.00 −0.11 0.04
On the go or driven by a motor 0.82 0.06 0.00 −0.03
Talks excessively −0.10 0.08 −0.03 0.93
Blurts out answers 0.16 −0.05 0.08 0.83
Difficulty waiting turn 0.67 0.03 0.08 0.29
Interrupts or intrudes on others 0.34 0.07 −0.01 0.63
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Correlations among factors: F1–F2: 0.31; F1–F3: 0.12; F1–F4: 0.46, F2–F3: 0.39, F2–F4: 0.16, F3–F4: 0.19.