Table 2.
Measurement invariance models for developmental assets by mental health indicators.
| Model | Model fit indices | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| χ2 (df) | RMSEA | 90% CI RMSEA | CFI/TLI | χ2 (df) | RMSEA | 90% CI RMSEA | CFI/TLI | |
| The Eight Developmental Asset Categories | ||||||||
| Prolonged sadness | Suicide attempt | |||||||
| Configural invariance | 85.22 (38) | 0.067 | 0.048–0.087 | 0.959/0.940 | 108.36 (38) | 0.082 | 0.064–0.101 | 0.948/0.923 |
| Metric invariance | 91.73 (44) | 0.063 | 0.045–0.081 | 0.959/0.947 | 127.86 (44) | 0.083 | 0.067–0.100 | 0.938/0.921 |
| Scalar invariance | 162.80 (50) | 0.091 | 0.075–0.106 | 0.902/0.891 | 135.48 (50) | 0.079 | 0.063–0.095 | 0.937/0.929 |
| Partial scalar invariance | 97.10 (48) | 0.061 | 0.043–0.079 | 0.957/0.950 | ||||
| The Five Environmental Asset Categories | ||||||||
| Prolonged sadness | Suicide attempt | |||||||
| Configural invariance | 14.38 (8) | 0.054 | 0.000–0.098 | 0.993/0.981 | 21.04 (8) | 0.077 | 0.038–0.118 | 0.987/0.969 |
| Metric invariance | 17.84 (12) | 0.042 | 0.000–0.080 | 0.993/0.989 | 36.86 (12) | 0.087 | 0.056–0.120 | 0.975/0.958 |
| Scalar invariance | 33.04 (16) | 0.062 | 0.031–0.092 | 0.980/0.975 | 42.27 (16) | 0.077 | 0.049–0.106 | 0.974/0.967 |
χ2, Chi–Square; df, degrees of freedom; CFI, Comparative Fit Index; TLI, Tucker Lewis Index; RMSEA, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation; CI, Confidence Interval; Configural, same number of factors and factor loading pattern across groups; Metric, equality of the factor loadings; Scalar, equality of the factor loadings and intercepts.