Table 1.
Latent Profile Solutions and Fit Indices for One through Four Classes for Spielberger State Anxiety and General Sleep Disturbance Scores
| Model | LL | AIC | BIC | Entropy | VLMR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Class | −52832.90 | 105781.79 | 106083.02 | n/a | n/a |
| 2 Class | −51978.54 | 104099.09 | 104467.84 | 0.85 | 1708.70 c |
| 3 Classa | −51688.00 | 103544.01 | 103980.28 | 0.87 | 581.08 b |
| 4 Class | −51434.17 | 103062.34 | 103566.13 | 0.81 | ns |
Baseline entropy and VLMR are not applicable for the one-class solution
The 3-class solution was selected because the BIC for that solution was lower than the BIC for the 2-class solution. In addition, the VLMR was significant for the 3-class solution, indicating that three classes fit the data better than two classes. Although the BIC was smaller for the 4-class than for the 3-class solution, the VLMR was not significant for the 4-class solution, indicating that too many classes were extracted.
p < .005
p < .00005
Abbreviations: AIC, Akaike’s Information Criterion; BIC, Bayesian Information Criterion; LL, log-likelihood; n/a, not applicable; ns, not significant; VLMR, Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test for the K vs. K-1 model.