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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Psychol. 2008 Dec 15;37(1):1–20. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20257

Table 2.

Summary of Measurement Invariance

Levels of Invariance
Subscales Configural Metric Strong Strict
Dangerous people: Child report Yes Yes Yes Partiala
Dangerous people: Mother report Yes Yes Yes Partialb
Sense of safety: Mother report Yes Yes Yes Partialc
Physical environment: Mother report Yes Partiald Partiale Partialf

Note. MAE = Mexican American English; MAS = Mexican American Spanish; EAE = European American English

a

Unconstrain unique variance for Item #1 in MAE.

b

Unconstrain unique variances for Items #5, 7, and 9 in MAS and Item #6 in EAE.

c

Unconstrain unique variances for Item #11 in MAE, #12 in MAS, #10 and #13 in EAE.

d

Unconstrain factor loading for Item #17 in MAE.

e

Unconstrain Items #17 MAE and #18 in MAS.

f

Unconstrain Items #17 and #18 in MAS.