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Table 3.

Summary of Sequential Goodness-of-Fit for Multiple Group Latent Growth Models

Model	Step	df	χ²	Δdf	Δχ²
M0	Invariance	31	406.871	-	-
M1	+Free μ₀	30	278.376	1	128.495^**
M2	+Free μ₁	29	273.450	1	4.926^*
M3	+Free σ²	26	250.136	3	23.314^**
M4	+Free coefficients	23	232.970	3	17.166^**
M5	+ Free σ_e²	22	107.209	1	125.761^**

Note.

p < .05,

^**

p < .01.