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Table 2 Principal Component Loadings

From: Psychometric properties of the Trauma Checklist 2.0 and its predictive utility of felony re-offending among high-risk juvenile offenders

Type of Trauma

PC1 (Experienced)

PC2 (Community)

Emotional Abuse

0.643

0.025

Physical Abuse

0.761

0.097

Sexual Abuse

0.570

−0.212

Neglect/Poverty

0.580

0.211

Community Violence

0.041

0.766

Observed Trauma

0.424

0.581

Traumatic Loss

−0.093

0.647

  1. Principal component analysis (PCA) with Varimax rotation was used to examine the component solution of the TCL 2.0. Individual trauma categories that had loadings of ≥ 0.5 were assigned to a principal component (PC), with emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect/poverty loading onto PC1 (Experienced Trauma) and community violence, observed trauma, and traumatic loss loading onto PC2 (Community Trauma)
  2. Individual trauma categories that had loadings of ≥ 0.5 were assigned to a PC and appear here in bold