Table 1 Standardized Factor loadings of the items indicating neuroticism in the NEO-FFI.

From: Predicting change trajectories of neuroticism from baseline brain structure using whole brain analyses and latent growth curve models in adolescents

Manifest Indicators

T1

T2

T3

I am not a worrier

0.28

0.26

0.29

I often feel that Im not as good as others*

0.59

0.59

0.65

When I’m under a great deal of stress, sometimes I feel like I’m going to pieces

0.59

0.61

0.65

I rarely feel lonely or blue*

0.50

0.54

0.58

I often feel tense and jittery

0.59

0.61

0.65

Sometimes I feel completely worthless

0.71

0.72

0.78

I rarely feel fearful or anxious*

0.49

0.50

0.55

I often get angry at the way people treat me*

0.44

0.46

0.49

Too often, when things go wrong, I get discouraged and feel like giving up

0.59

0.63

0.68

I am seldom sad or depressed

0.47

0.52

0.56

I often feel helpless and want someone else to solve my problems

0.62

0.64

0.69

At times I have been so ashamed I just wanted to hide*

0.49

0.45

0.49

  1. Note. T1: first measurement occasion (14 years of age); T2: second measurement occasion (16–17 years of age); T3: third measurement occasion (19 years of age). Factor loadings refer to the final model. All factor loadings were significant. Standardized factor loadings can be different in numbers although equality constraints do hold, because of the standardization. Items with (*) have unconstraint intercepts across measurement occasion according to the partly strong measurement invariance model.
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