Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist: An investigation with culturally and linguistically diverse youth in Australia

Figures & data

Table 1. Factor loadings and communalities for one‐factor solution with 29 items

	Original item	Factor loading	Communality
Distress	1. Suddenly feel scared for no reason	0.53	0.28
	2. Feel faintness, dizziness, or weakness	0.53	0.28
	3. Feel nervousness or shakiness inside	0.61	0.37
	4. Heart pounding or racing	0.53	0.28
	5. Shake or tremble	0.68	0.46
	6. Feel tense	0.53	0.28
	7. Headaches	0.60	0.36
	8. Spells of terror or panic	0.53	0.28
	9. Feel restless, cannot sit still	0.65	0.42
	11. Blame yourself for things	0.54	0.29
	12. Cry easily	0.60	0.35
	13. Poor appetite	0.57	0.32
	14. Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep	0.57	0.32
	15. Feel hopeless about the future	0.48	0.23
	16. Feel lonely	0.49	0.24
	17. Thoughts of harming yourself	0.51	0.26
	18. Thoughts of being trapped or caught	0.61	0.38
	19. Worry too much about things	0.68	0.46
	20. Feel no interest in things	0.62	0.39
	21. Feel everything is an effort	0.52	0.27
	22. Feel not good enough	0.53	0.28
	23. Feel critical of others	0.60	0.36
	24. Sweat	0.48	0.24
	25. Have to avoid certain things, places, activities because they frighten you	0.61	0.38
	26. Feel that your mind goes blank	0.58	0.34
	27. Have trouble concentrating	0.52	0.27
	28. Feel weak in parts of your body	0.66	0.44
	29. Feel sad	0.74	0.55
	30. Have heavy feelings in your arms and legs	0.71	0.51

Table 2. Factor loadings and communalities for one‐factor solution with 16 items

	Original item	Factor loading	Communality
	3. Feel nervousness or shakiness inside	0.56	0.49
	5. Shake or tremble	0.68	0.57
	7. Headaches	0.56	0.37
	9. Feel restless, cannot sit still	0.66	0.50
	12. Cry easily	0.61	0.43
	13. Poor appetite	0.58	0.44
	14. Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep	0.57	0.41
	18. Thoughts of being trapped or caught	0.61	0.41
	19. Worry too much about things	0.67	0.54
	20. Feel no interest in things	0.64	0.47
	23. Feel critical of others	0.58	0.41
	25. Have to avoid certain things, places, activities because they frighten you	0.63	0.42
	26. Feel that your mind goes blank	0.59	0.40
	28. Feel weak in parts of your body	0.68	0.48
	29. Feel sad	0.75	0.61
	30. Have heavy feelings in your arms and legs	0.74	0.59