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Table 3 Factor structure of health behaviors in the study sample (only loadings of above 0.30 presented)

From: Clustering of health-related behaviors, health outcomes and demographics in Dutch adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Behavioral components

Factor 1: Risk-prone behavior

Factor 2: Bully behavior

Factor 3: Problematic screen time use

Factor 4: Sedentary behavior

Smoking

.66

   

Cannabis use

.73

   

Binge drinking

.78

   

Quantity of alcohol use

.80

   

Having had intercourse

.65

   

Healthy nutrition

   

-.50

Healthy physical exercise

   

-.65

Excessively watching TV

  

.32

.57

Excessive PC/internet use

  

.32

.65

Excessively playing videogames

  

.80

 

Compulsive PC/internet use

 

.32

.54

 

Compulsive videogame playing

  

.85

 

Being a bully victim

 

.82

  

Being a bully

 

.86

  

Eigenvalue

2.938

2.252

1.423

1.091

Variance explained %

19.132

13.725

11.216

10.959

Cumulative variance explained %

19.132

32.857

44.073

55.032

  1. KMO measure of sampling adequacy = .69 (based on Kaiser’s criteria: KMO ≥ .60 means that the result of the factor analysis is acceptable). Bartlett’s test of sphericity: χ2 = 6853.250 (df = 91; p < .000).
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BMC Public Health

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