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

Table 3 Subscale Correlations of HBICA and Reliability Coefficients ^a

Scale	Cronbach’s Alpha		Test-retest reliability	BIS-Total	YRS-AGG	YRS-RB	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Scale	Boys	Girls	Test-retest reliability	BIS-Total	YRS-AGG	YRS-RB	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
(1) AV	0.82	0.75	0.66**	0.33**	0.55**	0.61**	1
(2) RB	0.77	0.75	0.70**	0.31**	0.45**	0.63**	0.73**	1
(3) US	0.86	0.77	0.62**	0.12**	0.24**	0.38**	0.48**	0.47**	1
(4) SS	0.79	0.83	0.73**	0.23**	0.38**	0.41**	0.41**	0.39**	0.38**	1
(5) SU	0.81	0.74	0.76**	0.23**	0.39**	0.56**	0.68**	0.67**	0.40**	0.42**	1
(6) HBICA Total	0.92	0.89	0.76**	0.35**	0.54**	0.68**	0.77**^b	0.77**^b	0.51**^b	0.45**^b	0.72**^b

Note: AV = Aggression and Violence, RB = Rule Breaking, US = Unprotected Sex, SS = Suicide and Self-Injurious, SU = Substance Use, HBICA = Health-Risk Behavior Inventory for Chinese Adolescents, BIS-Total = The total score of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11, YRS-AGG = Aggressive Behavior subscale of the Youth Self-Report Form, and YRS-RB = Rule-Breaking Behavior subscale of the Youth Self-Report Form.
a = The analyses in full sample (sample 1) except test-retest reliability(n = 678); b. Corrected correlation coefficients for full sample
**p < .01 (2-tailed).

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