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. 2023 Jul 6;14:1195986. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1195986

Table 5.

Invariance testing between gender for the PSS-2&2.

Model χ2(df) CFI RMSEA Model comparison χ2(Δdf) p
1) Configural 4.5 (2) 0.999 0.042
2) Metric 13.7 (12) 1.0 0.014 1 vs. 2 10.4 (10) 0.407
3a) Scalar 27.0 (14) 0.997 0.036 2 vs. 3a 8.4 (2) 0.015
3b) Scalar (partial) 20.5 (13) 0.998 0.028 2 vs. 3b 3.9 (1) 0.047
4) Strict (partial) 70.5 (17) 0.986 0.066 3b vs. 4 38.6 (4) <0.001

CFI, Comparative Fit Index; df, degrees of freedom; RMSEA, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation.