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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Apr 7;50(8):1564–1581. doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01431-1

Table 2.

Fit Indices of Measurement Invariance Analyses for the Child Behavior Check List and Youth Self Report across Mother-, Father-, Adolescent-Reports for Waves 1-5 and across Waves 1-5 for Each Reporter

χ2 df CFI TLI RMSEA ΔCFI ΔTLI ΔRMSEA
W1
Configural 1165 357 .964 .959 .051
Metric 1364 389 .957 .955 .054 −.007 −.004 .003
Scalar 1338 421 .959 .961 .050 .002 .006 −.004
W2
Configural 945 357 .971 .967 .048
Metric 1092 389 .966 .964 .050 −.005 −.003 .002
Scalar 1058 421 .969 .970 .046 .003 .006 −.004
W3
Configural 1150 357 .961 .956 .056
Metric 1238 389 .959 .957 .056 −.002 .001 0
Scalar 1194 421 .962 .964 .051 .003 .007 −.005
W4
Configural 1158 357 .956 .950 .057
Metric 1262 389 .952 .950 .057 −.004 0 0
Scalar 1234 421 .955 .957 .053 .003 .007 −.004
W5
Configural 1121 357 .960 .955 .058
Metric 1241 389 .956 .953 .059 −.004 −.002 .001
Scalar 1237 421 .958 .959 .055 .002 .006 −.004
Longitudinal Invariance of Mother Report (W1 – W5)
Configural 4410 3305 .978 .976 .019
Metric 4466 3369 .978 .977 .018 0 .001 −.001
Scalar 4524 3433 .978 .977 .018 0 0 0
Longitudinal Invariance of Father Report (W1 – W5)
Configural 3963 3305 .978 .976 .017
Metric 4018 3369 .978 .977 .016 0 .001 −.001
Scalar 4078 3433 .978 .977 .016 0 0 0
Longitudinal Invariance of Adolescent Report (W1 – W5)
Configural 4201 3305 .963 .960 .017
Metric 4252 3369 .964 .962 .016 .001 .002 −.001
Scalar 4359 3433 .962 .961 .017 −.002 −.001 .001

Note. CFI: Comparative Fit Index; TLI: Tucker-Lewis Index; RMSEA: Root-Mean Square Error of Approximation; W1-W5: Wave 1 to Wave 5.