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Table 4 Item Summary, Internal Consistency Reliability, and Results of Exploratory Factor Analysis for Students Ages 9–11 years (n = 162) and 12–15 years (n = 142)

From: Reliability and construct validity of the Participation in Life Activities Scale for children and adolescents with asthma: an instrument evaluation study

   

Internal Consistence Reliability

Factor Analysis Principal Components

 

M

SD

Item to Total Correlation

Scale Alpha & if Item Deleted

KMO Sampling Adequacy

Rescaled Factor Loading (PC)

Rescaled Amount of Variance Explained

Ages 9–11 PLA

1.767

.802

-

.768

.680

-

68.4

   Planning for

.475

.326

.57

.726

-

.806

-

   Interference with

.570

.320

.66

.616

-

.862

-

   Prevention from

.722

.324

.58

.716

-

.810

-

Ages 12–15 PLA

1.872

.764

-

.708

.655

-

62.8

   Planning for

.490

.344

.46

.699

-

.796

-

   Interference with

.603

.320

.58

.542

-

.823

-

   Prevention from

.779

.299

.54

.598

-

.759

-