Table 3.
Model D4 parameter estimates (SD) for the Social Scale
| Sample |
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|---|---|---|
| Item parameter | Italian | U.S. |
| λ S1 | 0.98 (0.12) | – |
| λ S2 | 1a | – |
| λ S3 | 1.16 (0.13) | – |
| λ S4 | 0.73 (0.09) | – |
| λ S5 | 0.77 (0.10) | – |
| θ S1 | 0.49 (0.07) | 0.18 (0.02) |
| θ S2 | 0.34 (0.03) | – |
| θ S3 | 0.28 (0.03) | – |
| θ S4 | 0.25 (0.04) | 0.15 (0.01) |
| θ S5 | 0.40 (0.03) | 0.26 (0.02) |
| τ S1 | 0.22 (0.53) | – |
| τ S2 | 0a | – |
| τ S3 | −0.63 (0.57) | −0.92 (0.60) |
| τ S4 | 1.65 (0.39) | 1.49 (0.42) |
| τ S5 | 0.79 (0.43) | – |
| ϕ b | 0.16 (0.03) | 0.08 (0.02) |
| κ c | 4.16 (0.04) | 4.48 (0.03) |
Note. Dash indicates an invariant parameter across samples.
a
To identify the model item slope was fixed to 1 and item intercept was fixed to 0.
b
Latent factor variance.
c
Latent factor mean.