Table 4.
Measurement Invariance across Boys and Girls for the Panas Scale and for the Five-Latent Variable Model
| Model | χ2 | df | RMSEA | CFI | SRMR | ΔRMSEA | ΔCFI | ΔSRMR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panas | ||||||||
| Configural invariance | 162.3 | 64 | 0.080 | 0.908 | 0.056 | |||
| Metric invariance | 166.0 | 72 | 0.073 | 0.912 | 0.064 | -0.007 | 0.004 | 0.008 |
| Scalar invariance | 188.3 | 80 | 0.075 | 0.898 | 0.069 | 0.002 | -0.014 | 0.005 |
| Scalar invariancea | 178.1 | 79 | 0.072 | 0.907 | 0.064 | -0.001 | -0.005 | <0.001 |
| Five-latent variable model | ||||||||
| Configural invariance | 1605.0 | 1013 | 0.049 | 0.896 | 0.070 | |||
| Metric invariance | 1638.3 | 1040 | 0.049 | 0.895 | 0.073 | <0.001 | -0.001 | 0.003 |
| Scalar invariance | 1746.2 | 1068 | 0.051 | 0.881 | 0.075 | 0.002 | -0.014 | 0.002 |
Note. a) Relaxing equality constrain on the intercept of one item.