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. 2015 Apr 25;45(9):2848–2864. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2448-z

Table 4.

Item loadings and goodness-of-fit statistics of the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the EQ

Item number Three-factor (28-item) Three-factor (15-item) One-factor (40-item) One-factor (28-item) One-factor (15-item)
1. 0.70 (CE) 0.68 0.68
19. 0.61 (CE) 0.56 0.58
25. 0.77 (CE) 0.78 (CE) 0.72 0.75 0.73
26. 0.82 (CE) 0.85 (CE) 0.77 0.79 0.80
36. 0.80 (CE) 0.77 0.77
41. 0.67 (CE) 0.64 0.59
44. 0.75 (CE) 0.72 (CE) 0.71 0.72 0.68
52. 0.83 (CE) 0.82 (CE) 0.79 0.80 0.78
54. 0.77 (CE) 0.76 (CE) 0.72 0.74 0.71
55. 0.72 (CE) 0.67 0.69
58. 0.65 (CE) 0.59 0.62
6. 0.54 (EE) 0.63 (EE) 0.49 0.48 0.48
21. 0.73 (EE) 0.66 0.65
22. 0.77 (EE) 0.69 0.69
27. 0.35 (EE) 0.47 (EE) 0.34 0.30 0.32
29. 0.49 (EE) 0.47 0.44
32. 0.56 (EE) 0.75 (EE) 0.51 0.48 0.50
42. 0.40 (EE) 0.39 0.35
43. 0.79 (EE) 0.71 0.71
48. 0.67 (EE) 0.63 0.58
50. 0.45 (EE) 0.57 (EE) 0.41 0.39 0.39
59. 0.50 (EE) 0.64 (EE) 0.46 0.44 0.44
4. 0.34 (SS) 0.36 (SS) 0.25 0.25 0.28
8. 0.69 (SS) 0.70 (SS) 0.47 0.50 0.54
12. 0.65 (SS) 0.67 (SS) 0.49 0.48 0.54
14. 0.62 (SS) 0.53 (SS) 0.48 0.46 0.43
35. 0.67 (SS) 0.69 (SS) 0.47 0.49 0.53
57. 0.10 (SS) 0.07 0.07
10. 0.25
11. 0.13
15. 0.36
18. 0.25
28. 0.06
34. 0.30
37. 0.33
38. 0.36
39. 0.03
46. 0.35
49. 0.25
60. 0.48
Fit statistics
 χ2 (df)a 1192 (347) 197 (87) 10,117 (740) 2162 (350) 774 (90)
 p <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
 χ2/df 3.44 2.26 13.67 6.18 8.60
 RMSEA 0.060 0.043 0.088 0.087 0.11
 CI-RMSEA 0.056;0.063 0.035;0.051 0.086;0.091 0.083;0.090 0.099;0.11
 SRMR 0.077 0.058 0.099 0.092 0.10
 CFI 0.97 0.99 0.90 0.94 0.91

CE Cognitive Empathy subscale, EE Emotional Empathy subscale, SS Social Skills subscale, RMSEA Root Mean Squared Error of Approximation, CI-RMSEA 90 % confidence interval of RMSEA, SRMR Standardized Root Mean Square Residual, CFI Comparative Fit Index

aSatorra–Bentler Scaled Chi-Square