. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 29.

Published in final edited form as: Youth Violence Juv Justice. 2004 Jan 1;2(3):273. doi: 10.1177/1541204004265878

TABLE 1.

Tests of Measurement Invariance Across Genders

	Unconstrained Model			Constrained Factor Loadings
Measure	χ² (df)	GFI/CFI	SRMR/RMSEA	χ² (df)	GFI/CFI	SRMR/RMSEA	χ² (df) Difference
SRO	1,387.81 (452)	NA/.88	NA/.04	1,443.53 (474)	NA/.87	NA/.04	55.72 (22)^***
Moral disengagement	2,292.13 (928)	.90/.83	.04/.03	2,319.33 (959)	.90/.83	.04/.03	27.20 (31)
Impulsivity	599.48 (178)	.94/.91	.04/.04	607.54 (191)	.94/.91	.04/.04	8.07 (13)
Certainty of punishment	356.04 (28)	.93/.94	.04/.09	369.76 (34)	.92/.93	.04/.09	13.72 (6)^*
Personal rewards of crime	373.51 (28)	.92/.93	.05/.10	377.49 (34)	.92/.93	.05/.09	3.98 (6)
Peer delinquent behavior	582.14 (90)	.93/.95	.04/.07	594.72 (101)	.92/.95	.04/.06	12.57 (11)
Antisocial influence	474.77 (28)	.90/.91	.05/.11	489.69 (34)	.90/.91	.05/.10	14.92 (6)^*
Social support	173.33 (40)	.97/.95	.03/.05	179.169 (47)	.97/.95	.03/.05	5.84 (7)
Parental monitoring	165.94 (40)	.97/.97	.05/.05	172.59 (48)	.97/.97	.05/.05	6.64 (8)

NOTE: GFI/CFI = Goodness-of-Fit Index/(Bentler’s) Comparative Fit Index; SRMR = standardized root mean square residual; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation; SRO = self-reports of offending; NA = not applicable.

p < .05.

^***

p < .001.