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Table 3 Rotated factor structure of health risk behaviors of subjects in grade 4 in 2001

From: Changes in health risk behaviors of elementary school students in northern Taiwan from 2001 to 2003: results from the child and adolescent behaviors in long-term evolution study

 

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Behavior

aggressive behaviors

substance use behaviors

unhealthy habits

Hitting others

0.751

0.006

0.081

Swearing

0.702

0.000

0.057

Throwing things when angry

0.645

0.118

0.190

Vandalism

0.434

0.215

0.026

Smoking

0.066

0.829

0.017

Chewing betel nut

0.021

0.797

0.017

Drinking alcohol

0.149

0.678

0.070

Eating fast food

0.065

--0.009

0.583

Eating snacks at night

--0.045

0.055

0.578

Staying up late

--0.030

0.033

0.544

Watching TV for prolonged periods

0.290

0.003

0.520

Playing video games for prolonged periods

0.295

0.100

0.498

Suppressing urination

0.309

--0.041

0.393

Eigenvalue

2.689

1.682

1.141

Explained variance (%)

0.207

0.129

0.088

Cumulative explained variance (%)

0.207

0.336

0.424

Cronbach's α

0.5935

0.6638

0.5200

  1. KMO measure of sampling adequacy = 0.744.