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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: Struct Equ Modeling. 2003 Apr 1;10(2):238. doi: 10.1207/S15328007SEM1002_5

TABLE 2.

Growth Process of Peer Team Leaders as an Information Source and Nutrition Behaviors by Group

Peer Team Leaders as an Information Source (PerLeader)
χ2(39)=155.204, p < .001; RMSEA=.067, 90% CI: .056, .078

Control Group (n = 730) Treatment Group (n = 609)
Initial Status Growth Rate Initial Status Growth Rate
Factor loadings on growth factors
 PerLeader 1 1a 0a 1a 0a
 PerLeader 2 1a 1a 1a 1a
 PerLeader 3 1a .874 (.071)b = 1a .874 (.071)b
 PerLeader 4 1a 1a 1a 1a
 PerLeader 5 1a 1a 1a 1a
 PerLeader 6 1a 1a 1a 1a
Intercept 4.587 (.044)b = 4.587 (.044)b
Growth factors M Variance M Variance
 Initial status 0a 1.030 (.132)b −.233 (.077)b .954 (.177)b
 Growth rate 0a 0a .947 (.071)b .590 (.203)b
Covariance between growth factors
−.058 (.076)b −.224 (.172)b
Residual variances
 PerLeader 1 1.443 (.113)b = 1.443 (.113)b
 PerLeader 2 1.501 (.084)b = 1.501 (.084)b
 PerLeader 3 1.507 (.090)b = 1.507 (.090)b
 PerLeader 4 1.709 (.128)b = 1.709 (.128)b
 PerLeader 5 1.421 (.110)b = 1.421 (.110)b
 PerLeader 6 2.131 (.209)b = 2.131 (.209)b
Nutrition Behaviors (Nutrit)
χ2 (39) = 123.035, p < .001; RMSEA = .057, 90% CI: .046, .068

Control Group (n = 730) Treatment Group (n = 609)
Factor loadings on growth factors Initial Status Growth Rate Initial Status Growth Rate
 Nutrit 1 1a 0 1a 0a
 Nutrit 2 1a 1 1a 1a
 Nutrit 3 1a .636 (.097)b = 1a .636 (.097)b
 Nutrit 4 1a 1 1a 1a
 Nutrit 5 1a 1 1a 1a
 Nutrit 6 1a 1 1a 1a
Intercept 4.041 (.033)b = 4.041 (.033)b
Growth factors M Variance M Variance
 Initial status 0a .632 (.065)b −.171 (.058)b .667 (.084)b
 Growth rate 0a 0a .423 (.044)b .108 (.079)b
Covariance between growth factors
−.008 (.037)b .039 (.069)b
Residual variances
 Nutrit 1 .662 (.045)b = .662 (.045)b
 Nutrit 2 .516 (.032)b = .516 (.032)b
 Nutrit 3 .563 (.035)b = .563 (.035)b
 Nutrit 4 .584 (.046)b = .584 (.046)b
 Nutrit 5 .753 (.056)b = .753 (.056)b
 Nutrit 6 .852 (.085)b = .852 (.085)b

Note. = parameter equated across groups.

a

Parameter fixed in the model.

b

Parameter estimate with the standard error of estimate in parentheses.