Table 3.
Estimates and Fit Index of the Three Models According to Confirmatory Factor Analysis
| Model | Hypothetical Model | Traditional One-Factor Model | Traditional Two-Factor Model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latent Variables | Item | Item | Item | |||
| Factor 1 | 7 | 0.703 | 2 | 0.706 | 7 | 0.739 |
| 2 | 0.701 | 10 | 0.672 | 6 | 0.715 | |
| 6 | 0.674 | 14 | 0.665 | 3 | 0.663 | |
| 9 | 0.662 | 7 | 0.663 | 11 | 0.656 | |
| 11 | 0.633 | 9 | 0.658 | 5 | 0.513 | |
| 3 | 0.625 | 6 | 0.620 | |||
| 5 | 0.483 | 11 | 0.576 | |||
| 3 | 0.570 | |||||
| 1 | 0.565 | |||||
| 15 | 0.562 | |||||
| 13 | 0.532 | |||||
| 5 | 0.441 | |||||
| 17 | 0.382 | |||||
| 16 | −0.353 | |||||
| 12 | 0.240 | |||||
| 8 | −0.206 | |||||
| 4 | 0.047 | |||||
| Factor 2 | 14 | 0.746 | N.A. | 2 | 0.732 | |
| 10 | 0.738 | 10 | 0.699 | |||
| 15 | 0.611 | 9 | 0.690 | |||
| 13 | 0.595 | 14 | 0.685 | |||
| 17 | 0.431 | 1 | 0.600 | |||
| 16 | −0.402 | 15 | 0.572 | |||
| 13 | 0.550 | |||||
| 17 | 0.390 | |||||
| Factor 3 | 12 | 1.000 | N.A. | N.A. | ||
| 4 | 0.468 | |||||
| Covariances | Factor 1 <> Factor 2 | N.A. | Factor 1 < > Factor 2 | |||
| 0.735 | 0.728 | |||||
| Factor 2 <> Factor 3 | ||||||
| 0.253 | ||||||
| Factor 1 <> Factor 3 | ||||||
| 0.145 | ||||||
| Fit index | ||||||
| TLI | 0.793 | 0.693 | 0.905 | |||
| RMSEA (90% confidence interval) | 0.056 (0.040–0.072) | 0.071 (0.059–0.084) | 0.050 (0.028–0.069) | |||
| SRMR | 0.072 | 0.092 | 0.063 | |||
| ECVI | 0.701 | 1.128 | 0.498 | |||
Note: n = 211.
Abbreviations: TLI, Tucker Lewis index; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; SRMR, standardized root mean residual; ECVI, expected cross-validation index.