Table 2.
Factorial invariance across the groups
| Item | 4 factor Metric Invariant (both groups have same loadings) | 4 Configural invariant (loadings allowed to vary for each group) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| attention | avoidance | worry | reassurance-seeking | attention | avoidance | worry | reassurance-seeking | |||||||||
| CAC | No CAC | CAC | No CAC | CAC | No CAC | CAC | No CAC | |||||||||
| 1 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.70 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.94 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.60 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 0.56 | 0.55 | 0.57 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.69 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.36 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 1.15 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.74 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.81 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.46 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.18 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.89 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.68 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.78 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.77 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.89 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.79 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.85 | |||||||||||||
| Model Fit Chi-Square | 858.014 | 916.206 | ||||||||||||||
| df | 326 | 308 | ||||||||||||||
| RMSEA | 0.077 | 0.084 | ||||||||||||||
| CFI | 0.972 | 0.968 | ||||||||||||||
| Means | CAC =0 | No CAC .19* | CAC =0 | No CAC .04 | CAC =0 | No CAC .19* | CAC =0 | No CAC−.09 | CAC =0 | No CAC .24* | CAC =0 | No CAC .01 | CAC =0 | No CAC .22* | CAC =0 | No CAC −.1 |
Variances of the factors are set at 1 for both groups. CAC = Clinically significant Coronary Atherosclerosis; No CAC = Not Clinically Significant Atherosclerosis; RMSEA= Root mean square error of approximation; CFI=Comparative Fit Index.