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. 2024 Aug 6;132(8):087001. doi: 10.1289/EHP13427

Table 3.

Linear growth curve model fit statistics of models in which all parameters are constrained to be equal and unequal between the sexes in the ABCD cohort (n=10,783; female n=5,122; male n=5,661).

CBCL subscale Model χ2 (df) Scaling factor Scaled Δχ2 (df) RMSEA (90% CI) CFI TLI SRMR
Internalizing Equal across sexes 116.1 (19) 2.3700 83.3 (9) 0.031 (0.026, 0.036) 0.984 0.990 0.045
Internalizing Unequal across sexes 22.0 (10) 2.0086 0.015 (0.006, 0.023) 0.998 0.998 0.014
Externalizing Equal across sexes 181.4 (19) 3.2867 134.7 (9) 0.040 (0.035, 0.045) 0.966 0.979 0.106
Externalizing Unequal across sexes 22.3 (10) 2.6585 0.015 (0.007, 0.024) 0.997 0.997 0.018

Note: Model fit and chi-square difference comparisons between models in which growth factor parameters are constrained or unconstrained across females and males. Growth curve parameters for the unconstrained models can be seen in Figure 1. For chi-square differences tests of individual parameters, see Table S3. 90% CI, 90% confidence interval; ABCD, Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; CFI, Comparative Fit Index; CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom; Δχ2, change in chi-square; RMSEA, Root Means Square Error of Approximation; SRMR, Standardized Root Mean Squared Residual; TLI, Tucker-Lewis Index.