Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the SF-36v2 in patients with severe mental illnesses in China: factor structure, reliability, and validity

Table 4 Factor analysis results and convergent validity of the model fitted to the SF-36v2 scale

Path	UFL	SFL	SE	t^***	AVE	CR
PF→PF1	1.000	0.786			0.508	0.911
PF→PF2	0.942	0.739	0.039	23.891
PF→PF3	0.842	0.690	0.038	21.994
PF→PF4	0.859	0.696	0.039	22.231
PF→PF5	0.955	0.750	0.039	24.341
PF→PF6	0.894	0.715	0.039	22.974
PF→PF7	0.781	0.629	0.040	19.732
PF→PF8	0.860	0.707	0.038	22.637
PF→PF9	0.901	0.714	0.039	22.908
PF→PF10	0.864	0.689	0.039	21.964
RP→RP1	1.000	0.715			0.570	0.841
RP→RP2	1.094	0.771	0.051	21.441
RP→RP3	1.086	0.760	0.051	21.170
RP→RP4	1.101	0.772	0.051	21.487
BP→BP1	1.000	0.776			0.602	0.752
BP→BP2	0.970	0.776	0.049	19.921
GH→GH1	1.000	0.729			0.591	0.878
GH→GH2	1.058	0.805	0.045	23.541
GH→GH3	1.019	0.761	0.046	22.273
GH→GH4	1.040	0.781	0.045	22.855
GH→GH5	1.021	0.765	0.046	22.377
VT→VT1	1.000	0.832			0.613	0.864
VT→VT2	0.958	0.793	0.035	27.384
VT→VT3	0.897	0.749	0.035	25.326
VT→VT4	0.916	0.755	0.036	25.619
SF→SF1	1.000	0.734			0.584	0.737
SF→SF2	1.049	0.793	0.050	20.900	0.584	0.737
RE→RE1	1.000	0.740			0.602	0.819
RE→RE2	1.034	0.780	0.048	23.038
RE→RE3	1.106	0.806	0.046	22.369
MH→MH1	1.000	0.873			0.709	0.924
MH→MH2	0.909	0.800	0.029	30.839
MH→MH3	0.992	0.854	0.029	34.672
MH→MH4	0.957	0.838	0.029	33.497
MH→MH5	0.979	0.843	0.029	33.828

Notes: PF, Physical Function; RP, Role Physical; BP, Bodily Pain; GH, General Health; VT, Vitality; SF, Social Function; RE, Role Emotional; MH, Mental Health
UFL, unstandardized factor loadings; SFL, standardized factor loadings; AVE, average variance extracted; CR, composite reliability
***All t-tests for unstandardized factor loading coefficients p < 0.001

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