. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2016 Nov 26;46(4):826–839. doi: 10.1007/s10964-016-0619-7

Table 2.

Results from Nested Model Comparisons Testing for Gender Differences in Anxiety Symptom Trajectory Parameter Estimates

Model	χ²	df	χ²_diff	CFI	RMSEA
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
Model 1: Unconstrained	23.34	7		.96	.048
Model 2: Gender equality constraints	97.80	12	74.46 df=5, p=.001	.80	.083
Panic Disorder Symptoms
Model 1: Unconstrained	17.07	7		.97	.037
Model 2: Gender equality constraints	87.64	12	70.57 df=5, p=.001	.76	.078
Social Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
Model 1: Unconstrained	8.91	7		.99	.016
Model 2: Gender equality constraints	45.24	12	36.33 df=5, p<.001	.92	.052

Note: CFI = Comparative Fit Index; RMSEA = Root Mean Square Error Approximation