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. 2019 Nov 6;19:1464. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7623-2

Table 2.

Measures of global fit, factor reliability and average proportion of variance for the basic CFA model and the CFA model adjusted for the variables physical activity and psychosocial distress

Valid n Chi2 Df P-value Chi2/Df TLI CFI RMSEA Factor reliability AVE
Thresholds for model acceptance >  0.05 <  3 ≥ 0.90 ≥ 0.90 ≤ 0.08 >  0.60 >  0.50
Basic model
 Maximum likelihood method 3225 151.40 5 <  0.001 30.28 0.96 0.98 0.095 0.87 0.58
 Asymptotic distribution-free 3225 110.56 5 <  0.001 22.11 0.89 0.94 0.081 0.87 0.59
Adjusted model
 Maximum likelihood method 3064 151.24 5 < 0.001 30.25 0.96 0.98 0.098 0.87 0.58
 Asymptotic distribution-free 3064 109.87 5 < 0.001 21.98 0.88 0.94 0.083 0.87 0.59

CFA, confirmatory factor analysis; Df, degrees of freedom; TLI, Tucker Lewis Index; CFI, Comparative Fit Index; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; AVE, average proportion of variance measured; for thresholds see Schermelleh-Engel, Moosbrugger and Müller 2003; Kline 2011; Hooper, Coughlan and Mullen 2008 [22, 25, 26]