Table 3.

Structural equation models predicting mental health problems^a among adolescents.

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
Direct effects
Gender (female)	0.17∗∗	0.17∗∗	0.18∗∗	0.17∗∗	0.17∗∗
Violent experiences	0.11	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.1
Stressful events	0.20∗∗	0.24∗∗∗	0.27∗∗∗	0.24∗∗∗	0.25∗∗∗
Emotional intelligence	-0.21∗∗	-0.19∗∗	-0.20∗∗	-0.19∗∗	-0.19∗∗
Cognitive skills	-0.45∗∗∗	-0.43∗∗∗	-0.42∗∗∗	-0.43∗∗∗	-0.43∗∗∗
Interaction effects
Stress X CS		0.10∗	0.06	0.09	0.10
Stress X EI			0.10
Violence X CS				0.06
Violence X EI					0.06
Mental health loadings
Depressive symptoms	.60∗∗∗	.60∗∗∗	.60∗∗∗	.59∗∗∗	.60∗∗∗
Psychological distress	.79∗∗∗	.79∗∗∗	.79∗∗∗	.80∗∗∗	.79∗∗∗
Fit measures
df	4	5	6	6	6
X2	11.07∗	12.61∗	13.01∗	13.43∗	12.65∗
AIC	4668.41	4666.33	4665.02	4667.10	4666.98
BIC	4704.67	4706.61	4709.33	4711.41	4711.29
CFI	0.975	0.973	0.976	0.974	0.977
RMSEA	0.065	0.061	0.053	0.055	0.052
SRMR	0.022	0.020	0.018	0.019	0.018
Mental health R2	0.509	0.514	0.523	0.514	0.517

Note. Fully standardized estimates reported. N = 415. ∗p < .05. ∗∗p < .01. ∗∗∗p < .001.

^aMental health is a latent dependent variable with two observed indicators of depressive symptoms and psychological distress.