Table 5.

Measurement Invariance for Scales Across Parent Gender

Scale	Χ2	df	p	ΔΧ2 (p)	CFI	ΔCFI	TLI	SRMR	RMSEA	RMSEA 90% CI
Cost of Positivity
Step 1: Configural invar.	2.49	4	.6472		1.00		1.05	.02	.00	.00 – .09
Step 2: Metric invariance	8.15	8	.4189	5.66 (.2260)	1.00	.00	1.00	.07	.01	.00 – .09
Step 3: Scalar invariance	12.40	11	.3345	4.25 (.2357)	.98	.02	.98	.06	.03	.00 – .09
Value of Anger
Step 1: Configural invar.	2.18	4	.7021		1.00		1.12	.02	.00	.00 – .08
Step 2: Metric invariance	3.95	8	.8618	1.67 (.7962)	1.00	.00	1.14	.05	.00	.00 – .05
Step 3: Scalar invariance	10.66	11	.4720	6.71 (.0817)	1.00	.00	1.01	.05	.00	.00 – .08
Manipulation
Step 1: Configural invar.	2.71	4	.6081		1.00		1.04	.02	.00	.00 – .09
Step 2: Metric invariance	7.19	8	.5158	4.48 (.3449)	1.00	.00	1.01	.04	.00	.00 – .08
Step 3: Scalar invariance	13.59	11	.2563	6.40 (.0937)	.98	.02	.97	.05	.04	.00 – .09
Control
Step 1: Configural invar.	20.91	10	.0217		.94		.88	.06	.08	.03 – .13
Item 39 dropped	3.94	4	.4138		1.00		1.00	.02	.00	.00 – .11
Step 2: Metric invariance	8.42	8	.3939	4.48 (.3449)	1.00	.00	1.00	.04	.02	.00 – .09
Step 3: Scalar invariance	16.53	11	.1227	8.11 (.0438)	.96	.04	.95	.05	.05	.00 – .10
Item 37 freed	8.44	10	.5859	0.02 (.9900)	1.00	.00	1.01	.03	.00	.00 – .07
Parental Knowledge
Step 1: Configural invar.	0.65	2	.7215		1.00		1.05	.02	.00	.00 – .11
Step 2: Metric invariance	4.49	4	.3443	3.84 (.1446)	.99	.01	.99	.06	.03	.00 – .12
Step 3: Scalar invariance	6.32	6	.3882	1.83 (.4005)	1.00	−.01	1.00	.05	.02	.00 – .10
Autonomy
Step 1: Configural invar.	4.66	2	.0973		.98		.93	.06	.09	.00 – .19
Step 2: Metric invariance	9.45	4	.0508	4.79 (.0912)	.95	.03	.93	.10	.09	.00 – .16
Step 3: Scalar invariance	12.03	6	.0613	2.58 (.2753)	.95	.00	.95	.09	.08	.00 – .14
Stability
Step 1: Configural invar.	3.57	4	.4679		1.00		1.02	.03	.00	.00 – .11
Step 2: Metric invariance	10.46	8	.2341	6.89 (.1418)	.96	.04	.94	.07	.04	.00 – .10
Step 3: Scalar invariance	12.86	11	.3024	2.40 (.4936)	.97	−.01	.97	.06	.03	.00 – .09