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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2009 Jun;23(3):279–290. doi: 10.1037/a0015403

Table 3.

Model Invariance Tests Across Wave 1 (Middle School) and Wave 2 (High School)

χ2 (df) Δχ2 (Δdf) p-value CFI RMSEA SRMR
1. Configural invariance model 1043.0 (511) — — .89 .05 .06
2. Measurement invariance 1105.9 (519) 62.9 (8) <.001 .88 .05 .07
    a. Parent-report family economic stress only (6 factor loadings tested) 1086.2 (516) 43.2 (5) <.001 .88 .05 .06
    b. Adol-report family economic stress only (3 factor loadings tested) 1059.6 (513) 16.6 (2) <.001 .89 .05 .06
    c. Adol financial constraints (2 factor loadings tested) 1046.1 (512) 3.1 (1) ns .89 .05 .06
3. Structural invariance
    a. Predictors to mediators 1060.0 (516) 13.9 (2) <.01 .89 .05 .06
    b1. Parents economic stress to adol economic stress and financial constraints 1047.1 (514) 3.1 (1) ns .89 .05 .06
    b2. Adol financial constraints to depress 1047.2 (515) 0.1 (1) ns .89 .05 .06
    b3. Adol-report family economic stress to depress 1060.0 (516) 12.8 (1) <.001 .89 .05 .06
    c. Depress to outcomes 1053.3 (521) 6.1 (6) ns .89 .05 .06