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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2014 Sep 1;26(4):1347–1355. doi: 10.1037/a0037608

Table 4. Model Fit for Longitudinal Measurement Equivalence Analyses.

Model	χ²	df	RMSEA	SRMR
Four factors
Unconstrained	3,630.23	2,540	.025	.042
Constrained loadings	3,738.67	2,858	.026	.045
Constrained intercepts	3,981.76	2,630	.028	.046
Three factors
Unconstrained	3,851.54	2,594	.027	.043
Constrained loadings	3,960.81	2,642	.027	.046
Constrained intercepts	4,240.26	2,690	.029	.048
Two factors
Unconstrained	4,031.72	2,632	.028	.045
Constrained loadings	4,178.29	2,684	.029	.049
Constrained intercepts	4,465.16	2,735	.031	.050
One factor with correlated errors
Unconstrained	3,983.70	2,630	.028	.048
Constrained loadings	4,114.56	2,684	.028	.051
Constrained intercepts	4,442.66	2,738	.030	.053

Note. RMSEA = root-mean-square error of approximation; SRMR = standardized root-mean-square residual.