Research Article

Influence of Childhood Adversity on Students’ Delinquent Activities: Interplay with Neighborhood Context and Delinquent Peer Association

Table 5

Indicator item cross-loadings for discriminant validity analysis.

ACEFDNDSCPeerDelDEL

ACE score1.0000.1900.220-0.2750.3900.482
Family deprivation (FD)0.1901.0000.086-0.1620.0610.150
Crimes in neighborhood (ND1)0.1870.0360.843-0.1530.2600.192
Drug dealing in neighborhood (ND2)0.1600.0510.806-0.1670.2260.152
Fighting in neighborhood (ND3)0.1970.1190.846-0.1680.2520.254
Help (SC1)-0.190-0.121-0.1370.776-0.123-0.178
Cohesion (SC2)-0.184-0.146-0.1330.747-0.119-0.127
Trust (SC3)-0.258-0.105-0.1820.807-0.144-0.171
Friendliness (SC4)-0.210-0.136-0.1430.736-0.091-0.117
Peer underage act (PUA) score0.3440.0570.246-0.1760.8540.484
Peer substance abuse (PSA) score0.3120.0560.232-0.1430.7930.469
Peer violent delinquency (PVD) score0.3270.0430.257-0.1060.8470.477
Peer property delinquency (PPD) score0.2850.0600.241-0.1320.7450.423
Peer punishment (PP) score0.2840.0260.207-0.0660.7500.373
Underage act score0.4100.1160.243-0.1430.5260.866
Substance abuse score0.3340.1120.159-0.1680.3620.795
Violent delinquency score0.4620.1280.222-0.1950.4970.854
Property delinquency score0.3610.1380.167-0.1450.4380.760

Bold values in the table indicate the individual loadings of all indicators (items), or subscales (utilized as indicators) for a specific construct.