Table 2.

Goodness of Fit Statistics for Measurement Models of Marital Conflict, Depressive Symptoms, and Functional Impairment (N = 1,832)

	Marital Conflict				Depressive Symptoms				Functional Impairment
	χ2	df	p	BIC	χ2	df	p	BIC	χ2	df	p	BIC
Model 1. Baseline Model	662.92	51	.00	279.75	369.79	87	.00	−283.86	119.44	51	.01	−263.73
Model 2. Correlated errors among the same indicators across time	150.62	39	.00	−142.40	244.96	72	.00	−295.99	63.58	39	.01	−229.43
Model 3. Correlated errors between adjacent indicators	492.39	42	.00	176.84	279.35	75	.00	−284.14	82.23	42	.00	−233.32
Model 4. Model 2 + Model 3	47.17	30	.03	−178.22	114.56	60	.00	−336.23	34.02	30	.28	−191.38
Model 5. Model 4 + equality constraints on factor loadings on the same indicators across time	54.40	36	.00	−216.07	124.84	68	.00	−386.06	41.41	36	.25	−229.06
Model 6. Model 5 + equality constraints on all indicators across time	100.03	38	.00	−185.47	301.66	71	.00	−231.78	42.25	38	.29	−243.26

Note: BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion.