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Table 2 Factor analysis with varimax orthogonal rotation for 14 items from peer relations scale (N = 509)

From: Peer relations scale for adolescents treated for substance use disorder: a factor analytic presentation

How many of your friends1. . .

Item No.

Mean

SD

Min.-Max.

Factor 12

Factor 2

Factor 3

Communality

are new friends since treatment?

4

1.97

1.00

1-5

  

0.838

0.733

are same friends as before treatment?

3

2.89

1.29

1-5

  

0.834

0.744

attend school regularly?

5

2.91

1.60

1-5

0.211

  

0.102

hang out with "gangs"?

10

3.36

1.55

1-5

0.331

  

0.116

get into arguments/fights?

6

3.67

1.25

1-5

0.239

  

0.096

spend time with their families?

7

4.05

1.12

1-5

0.340

  

0.165

have your parents met your friends?

1

4.38

0.85

1-5

0.369

  

0.141

go to jail or prison?

11

3.47

1.15

1-5

0.420

  

0.210

do your parents like and approve of?

2

3.57

1.12

1-5

0.521

  

0.311

use drugs?

9

4.02

0.83

1-5

0.510

0.508

 

0.556

drink too much alcohol?

8

3.79

0.99

1-5

0.608

  

0.440

cause trouble for you?

12

4.36

1.09

1-5

0.474

  

0.246

encourage you to stay in treatment?

13

4.34

1.41

1-5

 

0.728

 

0.548

help you quit drugs?

14

3.69

1.83

1-5

 

0.739

 

0.577

Cronbach Alpha

    

0.71

0.80

0.87

 

Eigenvalues

    

1.87

1.61

1.51

 

Percent of common variance

    

37.47

32.26

30.26

 

Percent of total variance

    

13.36

11.50

10.79

 

Number of measures

    

10

3

2

 
  1. 11 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5 = almost always.
  2. 2 factor loadings < 0.20 are suppressed.