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Table 2 Rotated factor structure of family interactions in the study sample

From: Comparison of children's self-reports of depressive symptoms among different family interaction types in northern Taiwan

Family interactions

Factor 1 Supporting activities

Factor 2 Psychological control

Factor 3 Parental discipline

Factor 4 Behavioral supervision

Factor 5 Family conflict

Communalities

1. Parents praise you

.804

-.011

-.104

.065

-.043

.663

2. Parents comfort you

.800

-.074

-.095

.094

-.080

.670

3. Parents encourage you

.792

-.054

-.152

.066

-.060

.662

4. Parents help you solve problems

.756

-.045

-.103

.172

-.069

.619

5. Parents listen to what you say

.711

-.162

-.136

.135

-.112

.581

6. Parents care about what happens at school

.674

-.012

-.014

.196

-.086

.501

7. Parents look after you when you are sick

.664

.023

-.060

.142

-.030

.465

8. Parents tell you why they want you to do things

.613

.046

-.090

.152

-.082

.416

9. Parents talk with you

.579

-.126

-.017

.295

.060

.442

10. Parents play with you at home

.502

-.362

.153

.293

.096

.502

11. Parents take you on outings

.466

-.320

.143

.200

.162

.406

12. Parents do your homework with you

.454

-.308

.253

.290

.082

.455

13. Parents remind you about past mistakes when you are in trouble

-.162

.634

.303

.052

.051

.525

14. Parents interrupt you when you are talking

-.233

.589

.247

.028

.101

.473

15. Parents shout and swear at you

-.052

.518

.408

-.028

.096

.448

16. Parents blame you for things other people have done

-.267

.492

.267

-.010

.228

.437

17. Parents tell you that children don't understand things

.153

.467

.112

-.008

.133

.272

18. Parents make you feel that they are always right

.337

.400

.061

.045

-.063

.284

19. Parents are not nice to you when you disagree with them

-.183

.389

.286

-.013

.168

.295

20. Parents hit you

-.175

.331

.590

.022

.121

.504

21. Parents punish you by making you do housework or write lines

-.011

.068

.587

.018

.048

.352

22. Parents punish you by making you kneel or stand

-.086

.229

.581

-.009

.130

.415

23. Parents take away your pocket money or toys

-.051

.206

.563

-.066

-.060

.370

24. Parents ban you from doing something you like

-.051

.373

.496

-.012

-.014

.388

25. Parents lock you in a room

.004

.022

.427

-.079

.080

.195

26. Parents know what you do on the way home from school

.227

.066

-.187

.676

.023

.549

27. Parents know what you do in your free time

.315

-.015

-.170

.660

.021

.564

28. Parents know who you spend most of your time with

.300

.098

-.229

.593

-.019

.505

29. Parents know how you spend your pocket money

.147

.055

-.057

.582

-.114

.380

30. You do housework with your parents

.321

-.251

.252

.452

.009

.434

31. You eat with your parents

.326

-.131

.165

.402

-.009

.312

32. You have physical fights with your brothers and sisters

-.142

.016

.052

-.100

.815

.697

33. You have arguments with your brothers and sisters

-.108

.124

.044

-.122

.805

.692

34. You have arguments with your parents or other elders

-.077

.350

.055

-.228

.399

.343

Eigenvalue

8.0

3.6

1.6

1.4

1.3

 

Post varimax explained variability (%)

16.6

7.6

7.3

6.9

5.0

 

Accumulated explained variability (%)

16.6

24.2

31.5

38.4

43.5

 

Cronbach's α

.900

.680

.740

.717

.657

 
  1. KMO = 0.920
  2. Bartlett's test of sphericity: X2 = 27766.51(df = 666, p < 0.001)