Evaluation of validity of internal structure and measurement invariance testing
| χ2/df/P | Δ χ2/df/p | CFI | ΔCFI | RMSEA | ΔRMSEA | SRMR | ΔSRMR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-factor model | 1358.76/539/<0.01 | 0.88 | 0.065 | 0.067 | ||||
| 7-factor model (re-specified) | 1179.17/534/<0.01 | 0.907 | 0.058 | 0.067 | ||||
| 1-factor model | 4543.42/560/<0.01 | 0.428 | 0.141 | 0.138 | ||||
| Second-order factor model | 1251.98/548/<0.01 | 0.899 | 0.060 | 0.076 | ||||
| Measurement invariance | ||||||||
| Configural invariance | 2187.54/1070/<0.01 | 0.909 | 0.055 | 0.066 | ||||
| Metric invariance | 2276.76/1098/<0.01 | 105.452 | 0.904 | 0.005 | 0.056 | 0.001 | 0.073 | 0.007 |
| Scalar invariance | 2552.05/1126/<0.01 | 0.884 | 0.02 | 0.061 | 0.005 | 0.078 | 0.005 | |
| Scalar invariance – re-specified | 2466.73/1124/<0.01 | 0.890 | 0.014 | 0.059 | 0.003 (compared with metric) | 0.076 | 0.003 | |
| Δ | CFI | ΔCFI | RMSEA | ΔRMSEA | SRMR | ΔSRMR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-factor model | 1358.76/539/<0.01 | 0.88 | 0.065 | 0.067 | ||||
| 7-factor model (re-specified) | 1179.17/534/<0.01 | 0.907 | 0.058 | 0.067 | ||||
| 1-factor model | 4543.42/560/<0.01 | 0.428 | 0.141 | 0.138 | ||||
| Second-order factor model | 1251.98/548/<0.01 | 0.899 | 0.060 | 0.076 | ||||
| Configural invariance | 2187.54/1070/<0.01 | 0.909 | 0.055 | 0.066 | ||||
| Metric invariance | 2276.76/1098/<0.01 | 105.452 | 0.904 | 0.005 | 0.056 | 0.001 | 0.073 | 0.007 |
| Scalar invariance | 2552.05/1126/<0.01 | 0.884 | 0.02 | 0.061 | 0.005 | 0.078 | 0.005 | |
| Scalar invariance – re-specified | 2466.73/1124/<0.01 | 0.890 | 0.014 | 0.059 | 0.003 (compared with metric) | 0.076 | 0.003 | |
Note(s): Compared with metric invariance
Source(s): Authors' own work