Ten-year trends in adolescents’ self-reported emotional and behavioral problems in the Netherlands

Table 4 Standardized factor loadings of the SDQ items in the multigroup four factor model

Latent factors	β (2003)	β (2005)	β (2007)	β (2009)	β (2013)	Range (R ²)
Conduct problems
Tempers	0.707	0.706	0.728	0.730	0.728	0.498–0.533
Obedient^a	−0.195	−0.190	−0.287	−0.229	−0.204	0.036–0.082
Fights or bullies	0.538	0.531	0.588	0.586	0.510	0.260–0.346
Lies or cheats	0.696	0.694	0.686	0.689	0.675	0.457–0.482
Steals	0.502	0.468	0.486	0.500	0.510	0.219–0.260
Emotional problems
Somatic symptoms	0.530	0.575	0.508	0.543	0.567	0.258–0.330
Worries	0.618	0.668	0.633	0.661	0.647	0.382–0.446
Unhappy	0.844	0.808	0.832	0.834	0.880	0.653–0.775
Nervous in new situations	0.604	0.640	0.596	0.634	0.644	0.355–0.415
Many fears	0.663	0.673	0.648	0.688	0.676	0.420–0.473
Hyperactivity
Restless	0.535	0.645	0.632	0.604	0.655	0.286–0.429
Fidgety	0.574	0.624	0.611	0.598	0.613	0.329–0.389
Easily distracted	0.791	0.759	0.836	0.825	0.832	0.576–0.700
Thinks before acting^a	−0.479	−0.459	−0.505	−0.480	−0.498	0.210–0.255
Good attention^a	−0.577	−0.560	−0.659	−0.634	−0.632	0.314–0.434
Peer problems
Solitary	0.463	0.460	0.461	0.505	0.471	0.211–0.255
Has good friend^a	−0.207	−0.192	−0.235	−0.262	−0.262	0.037–0.069
Generally liked^a	−0.454	−0.413	−0.506	−0.519	−0.498	0.170–0.270
Picked on or bullied	0.774	0.828	0.771	0.810	0.832	0.594–0.692
Better with adults than with children	0.471	0.493	0.459	0.488	0.514	0.211–0.269