Table 3.

Goodness of fit statistics and path coefficients for latent constructs (p < 0.05) as a function of country.

Country	χ2 (df)	CFI	RMSEA	AIC	SRMR	VC-PO F1-F2	VC-WM F1-F3	VC-PS F1-F4	PO-WM F2-F3	PO-PS F2-F4	WM-PS F3-F4
Step 1: configural invariance	340.90 (118)∗	0.92	0.09	104.90	0.07
UK						0.47	0.46	0.18	0.58	0.61	0.45
SA						0.46	0.68	0.14	0.62	0.61	0.41
Step 2: metric invariance	405.15 (127)∗	0.90	0.10	151.15	0.10
UK						0.48	0.48	0.18	0.59	0.60	0.45
SA						0.45	0.60	0.20	0.57	0.60	0.46
Step 3: strong factorial invariance	592.97 (136)∗	0.90	0.11	320.97	0.12
						0.46	0.55	0.23	0.59	0.63	0.47

VC, Verbal Comprehension; PO, Perceptual Organization; WM, Working Memory; PS, Processing Speed; ^∗p < 0.05.