Table 4.

One-factor multi-group confirmatory factor analysis results of ABAS-3 for boys and girls

	Unrestricted factor loadings (M1)		Equal factor loadings (M2)		Equal intercepts (M3)
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Communication	0.77	0.83	0.79	0.81	0.79	0.81
Community use	0.81	0.79	0.80	0.81	0.80	0.80
Functional academics	0.65	0.72	0.67	0.70	0.67	0.70
School living	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.90
Health and safety	0.92	0.88	0.92	0.88	0.92	0.88
Leisure	0.85	0.87	0.86	0.87	0.86	0.87
Self-care	0.73	0.68	0.73	0.69	0.73	0.69
Self-direction	0.90	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91
Social	0.94	0.90	0.94	0.90	0.94	0.90
Goodness-of-fitting indices
Chi-square	109.72*		121.61*		163.16*
df	44		52		61
Chi-square/df	2.49		2.34		2.68
CFI	0.98		0.98		0.97
TLI	0.97		0.97		0.97
RMSEA (90% CI)	0.06 (0.05–0.08)		0.06 (0.04–0.07)		0.06 (0.05–0.08)
SRMR	0.027		0.030		0.030
AIC	237.72		233.61		257.16
Model comparisons indices
ΔChi-square	–		11.89		53.44*
Δdf	–		8		17
ΔTLI	–		<0.01		<0.01
ΔCFI	–		<0.01		<0.01

Note: Only standardized factor loadings are reported. (*) p < 0.01.