Table 4.

Comparing CFA and ESEM models.

	Model	Model comparison	Δχ2	Δdf	ΔCFI	ΔTLI	ΔRMSEA	ΔSRMR	ΔAIC	ΔBIC	Differences
Model 3	Bifactor model	M6 vs. M3	−596.46	27	0.056	0.061	−0.027	−0.028	−550.46	−424.01	Yes
		M4/7 vs. M3	−233.96	−12	0.022	0.012	−0.004	−0.016	−209.96	−143.99	Yes
Model 4	Three first-order ESEM	M6 vs. M4	−362.50	39	0.034	0.049	−0.023	−0.012	−340.50	−280.02	Yes
Model 6	Bifactor ESEM	M6 vs. M7	−362.50	390	0.034	0.049	−0.023	−0.012	−340.50	−280.02	Yes
Model 7	ESEM within CFA	M7 vs. M4	0.000	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.00	No

χ², Chi-square; df , degrees of freedom; TLI, Tucker-Lewis Index; CFI, Comparative Fit Index; RMSEA, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation [90%CI]; SRMR, Standardized Root Mean Square Residual; AIC, Akaike Information Criterion; BIC, Bayes Information Criterion.