Development and psychometric properties of the health-risk behavior inventory for Chinese adolescents

Table 2 Item-Total Correlation ( n = 3307) and Standard Factor Loadings for the HBICA ( n = 3,326)

Item content	Cr	AV	SS	US	SU	RB
Verbal attack someone	0.42**	0.45
Damaging others’ property	0.42**	0.44
Making fun of someone for their appearance or physical defect	0.45**	0.45
Bullying, threatening, or intimidating someone	0.55**	0.53
Have been in a physical fight	0.63**	0.75
Hitting, crushing, pushing, kicking or confining another	0.61**	0.62
Ignore driving consequences	0.44**	0.44
Revenge on someone	0.61**	0.61
Blackmailed someone for money	0.49**	0.47
Carried a weapon	0.59**	0.69
Attempted to cut or scald self	0.60**		0.58
Ideas of Suicide	0.69**		0.55
Hurt self by biting, scratching, or knocking	0.58**		0.61
Attempts at Suicide	0.72**		0.72
Attempted suicide	0.62**		0.61
Ever had sexual intercourse	0.50**			0.51
Had sexual intercourse with at least one person	0.65**			0.71
Drank alcohol or used drugs before sexual intercourse	0.61**			0.73
Caused girl pregnancy (boy) or caused yourself pregnancy (girl)	0.57**			0.81
Had sexual intercourse with stranger	0.55**			0.87
Have you used cigarettes	0.68**				0.77
Smoking under the pressure of companion	0.57**				0.58
Binge Drinking	0.67**				0.73
Irritable, lose temper, headache, or insomnia due to quit smoking	0.70**				0.67
Drink alcohol out of control at a party	0.64**				0.43
Drink alcohol to save face	0.68**				0.53
Skip classes	0.60**					0.69
Run away from home	0.55**					0.64
Received warning, record a demerit, or punishment from school	0.57**					0.60
Cheat or plagiarize during examination	0.49**					0.48
Lie to family member	0.44**					0.42
Gambling	0.46**					0.54
Steal money from home	0.44**					0.43

Note: Cr = Corrected correlation coefficients; **p < 0.01 (2-tailed).
AV = Aggression and Violence, RB = Rule Breaking, US = Unprotected Sex, SS = Suicide and Self-Injurious and SU = Substance Use.

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