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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2008 Nov–Dec;57(6):395–405. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181907175

Table 5.

Chinese, Filipino, and White Multigroup Analyses of Structural Models

Groups Model ML χ2, Degrees of Freedom RMSEA χ2diff
Chinese-Filipino
Model 1 Theoretical paths fully constrained 202.92
df = 108		 .06
Model 2 Paths unconstrained 144.92*
df = 104		 .04 58
Model 1A Family and ED path free 144.52
df = 105		 .04 NS
Model 1B Family and RB path free 142.67
df = 105		 .04 NS
Model 1C PRB and ED path free 144.28
df = 105		 .04 NS
Model 1D PRB and RB path free 145.32
df = 105		 .04 NS
Chinese-White
Model 1 Theoretic paths fully constrained 159.52
df = 108		 .04
Model 2 Theoretic paths unconstrained 162.87
df = 104		 .05 3.35
NS
Filipino-White
Fully constrained model 165.20
df = 108		 .04
Unconstrained gammas 167.85
df = 104		 .04 2.65
NS

Notes.

*

Significantly different from constrained models, p < .05, RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation