Table 5.
Standardized Factor Loadings on the MASC-C in Metric Invariance Model (Equivalent across ASD & TD Groups)
| Factor and item number |
Standardized factor loading |
Factor and item number |
Standardized factor loading |
Factor and item number |
Standardized factor loading |
Factor and item number |
Standardized factor loading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||
| Physical symptoms | Harm avoidance | Separation anxiety/ panic | Social anxiety | ||||
| 1 | .50 | 2 | .33 | 4 | .63 | 3 | .73 |
| 6 | .50 | 5 | .41 | 6 | .49 | 10 | .82 |
| 8 | .63 | 11 | .40 | 9 | .68 | 14 | .54 |
| 12 | .58 | 13 | .45 | 17 | .45 | 16 | .72 |
| 15 | .45 | 21 | .37 | 19 | .58 | 22 | .75 |
| 18 | .44 | 25 | .42 | 23 | .42 | 29 | .65 |
| 20 | .64 | 28 | .47 | 26 | .53 | 33 | .42 |
| 24 | .53 | 32 | .39 | 30 | .39 | 37 | .56 |
| 27 | .61 | 36 | .55 | 34 | .53 | 39 | .54 |
| 31 | .53 | ||||||
| 35 | .64 | ||||||
| 38 | .55 | ||||||