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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2008 Nov;36(8):1265–1278. doi: 10.1007/s10802-008-9249-1

Table 2.

Model-fitting Results Comparing the Null Model with the One Factor (General Aggression) Model and the Two-Factor (Proactive–Reactive) Model for Each of The Three Respondents (Self, Caregiver, Teacher)

Summary of model fit indices

Model 2 df 2/df NFI NNFI CFI RMSEA
Self-report
 Null Model 7222 253 28.5
 One factor 984 229 4.3 0.86 0.88 0.89 0.052
 Two factor 601 227 2.6 0.92 0.94 0.95 0.037
Mother-report
 Null Model 12266 253 48
 One factor 1596 229 7.0 0.87 0.87 0.89 0.071
 Two factor 1199 227 5.3 0.90 0.91 0.92 0.060
Teacher-report
 Null Model 11659 253 46
 One factor 2304 229 10 0.80 0.80 0.82 0.130
 Two factor 1333 227 5.8 0.89 0.89 0.90 0.094

All •2 values are statistically significant (p<0.0001). The Sattora-Bentler Scaled difference chi-square was used in assessing fit and comparing models.

NFI Normed Fit Index, NNFI Non-Normed Fit index, CFI Comparative Fit Index, RMSEA Root Mean-Squared Error of Approximation index.