Table 3.
Parameter estimates (with standard errors) for MIMIC models; Model 1 adjusted for indirect gender effect and examining each item’s direct effect (invariance) impact one item at a time; Model 2–7 adjusted for indirect effect of gender and age, ethnicity, race, education or language respectively and examined each item’s direct effect impact one item at a time for age, ethnicity, race, education or language.
| Item | Model1 | Model2 | Model3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | Model 7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstandardised loadings | Standardised loadings | Direct effect | Direct effect | Direct effect | Direct effect | Direct effect | Direct effect | Direct effect | |
| Item loading | |||||||||
| 1. ‘Bothered’ | 1 (constrained) | 0.21 | −0.00 (0.02) | −0.05 (0.02) | −0.02 (0.07) | −0.12 (0.04) | 0.09 (0.05) | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.02 (0.06) |
| 2. ‘Trouble concentrating’ | 0.98 (0.03) | 0.21 | −0.10 (0.02) | −0.03 (0.02) | 0.15 (0.07) | −0.11 (0.04) | 0.20 (0.05) | −0.02 (0.02) | 0.00(0.05) |
| 3. ‘Depressed’ | 1.56 (0.05) | 0.33 | 0.04 (0.03) | 0.00 (0.02) | 0.31 (0.08) | −0.06 (0.05) | 0.00 (0.06) | 0.07 (0.03) | 0.18 (0.07) |
| 4. ‘Effort’ | 1.17 (0.04) | 0.25 | −0.06 (0.2) | 0.07 (0.02) | −0.22 (0.07) | −0.04 (0.05) | 0.03 (0.05) | 0.07 (0.02) | −0.13 (0.06) |
| 5. ‘Hopeful’ | 0.83 (0.03) | 0.17 | 0.17 0(0.02) | 0.00 (0.02) | −0.02 (0.06) | 0.15 (0.04) | −0.21 (0.05) | −0.02 (0.02) | −0.02 (0.05) |
| 6. ‘Fearful’ | 1.04 (0.04) | 0.22 | −0.20 (0.03) | −0.07 (0.03) | 0.15 (0.09) | −0.13 (0.05) | 0.10 (0.06) | −0.02 (0.03) | 0.19 (0.07) |
| 7. ‘Restless sleep’ | 0.48 (0.02) | 0.10 | −0.09 (0.02) | −0.07 (0.01) | −0.26 (0.05) | 0.26 (0.04) | −0.26 (0.04) | 0.06 (0.02) | −0.24 (0.04) |
| 8. ‘Happy’ | 1.17 (0.04) | 0.25 | 0.20 (0.02) | −0.06 (0.02) | 0.06 (0.07) | −0.00 (0.04) | 0.00 (0.05) | −0.17 (0.02) | 0.10 (0.05) |
| 9. ‘Lonely’ | 0.85 (0.03) | 0.18 | −0.14 (0.02) | 0.15 (0.02) | 0.17 (0.07) | −0.16 (0.04) | 0.20 (0.05) | 0.11 (0.02) | 0.19 (0.05) |
| 10. ‘Not get going’ | 1.10 (0.04) | 0.23 | −0.01 (0.02) | 0.03 (0.02) | −0.17(0.07) | 0.19 (0.05) | −0.15 (0.05) | −0.02 (0.02) | −0.26 (0.06) |
| Indirect effect | |||||||||
| Gender (male) | −0.21 (0.01) | −0.21 (0.01) | −0.21 (0.01) | −0.21 (0.01) | −0.20 (0.01) | −0.21 (0.01) | −0.12 (0.01) | ||
| Age | – | 0.03 (0.01) | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Ethnicity (Hispanic) | – | – | 0.09 (0.04) | – | – | – | – | ||
| Race (White) | – | – | – | −0.18 (0.03) | – | – | – | ||
| Race (African American) | – | – | – | – | 0.20 (0.03) | – | – | ||
| Education (≤ 12 yrs) | – | – | – | – | – | 0.02 (0.01) | – | ||
| Language (English) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.05 (0.03) | ||