Table 2.

Across-group comparison analyses of mediation model by immigrant status

Model	χ 2	df	Model comparison	Δ χ 2	Δ df	p value
1. No constraint	200.95	125
2. Full constraint	469.72	160	2 vs. 1	269.22	35	<.001
3. Constraint of factor loadings	208.92	132	3 vs. 1	7.97	7	NS
4. Constraint of factor loadings and variable means	452.94	147	4 vs. 3	244.02	15	<.001
5. Constraint of factor loadings and regression paths	223.15	145	5 vs. 3	14.24	13	NS

Note: These analyses involved sequential tests of the equality of the baseline model, the equality of the factor loadings, the equality of the variable means, and the equality of the regression paths in the mediation model between immigrant and non-immigrant Mexican American women