Table 2.

Results of confirmatory factor analyses of the measures (N = 222).

Model	Factors	χ2	df	Δχ2/df	CFI	IFI	RMSEA
Hypothetical model	5 factors	274.43	109		0.90	0.91	0.08
Model 1	4 factors	323.16	113	12.18	0.88	0.88	0.09
Model 2	3 factors	567.24	116	41.83	0.73	0.74	0.13
Model 3	2 factors	692.25	118	46.42	0.66	0.67	0.15
Model 4	1 factor	1,216.07	119	121.61	0.35	0.37	0.20

Hypothetical model (5 factors: workplace positive gossip; workplace negative gossip; psychological capital; mental health; developmental job experience).

Model 1 (4 factors: workplace positive gossip and workplace negative gossip merged; psychological capital; mental health; developmental job experience).

Model 2 (3 factors: workplace positive gossip, workplace negative gossip and developmental job experience merged; psychological capital; mental health).

Model 3 (2 factors: workplace positive gossip, workplace negative gossip and developmental job experience merged; psychological capital and mental health merged).

Model 4 (1 factor: all variables are merged into one factor).