Table 2.

Fit Statistics for Model Tests of the TMCQ

Model #	Description	χ2	BIC	CFI	TLI	RMSEA	RMSEA (90% CI)	SRMR	Statistical Evaluation
M1	Higher order CFA w/ first and second order factors	54161.87	574,710	0.62	0.61	0.05	0.049–0.050	0.18	Poor
M2	17 first order factors CFA	44059.21	564,544	0.71	0.70	0.044	0.043–0.044	0.21	Poor
M3	CFA w/ 3 second order factors and scale level indicators	4369.76	37,547	0.59	0.50	0.202	0.197–0.207	0.18	Poor
M4	17 first order factors ESEM Model	18700.39	552,805	0.91	0.89	0.026	0.025–0.026	0.01	Acceptable
M5	14 scale level ESEM w/ 3 second order factors	1101.6	34,220	0.89	0.82	0.119	0.113–0.125	0.04	Poor
M6	Item level EFA with 14 retained first order factors	24076.53	559,993	0.87	0.84	0.031	0.030–0.031	0.02	Marginal
M7	12 first order factors CFA post item trimming	13230.85	308,671	0.86	0.85	0.041	0.041–0.042	0.17	Poor
M8	12 first order factors ESEM post item trimming	6269.413	307,271	0.95	0.93	0.028	0.027–0.029	0.01	Acceptable
M8a	12 first order factors ESEM-within-CFA framework	6815.96	307,752	0.94	0.92	0.03	0.029–0.031	0.04	Acceptable
M9	Rev. 12 Scale level ESEM w/ 4 SO Factors	395.794	36,323	0.91	0.76	0.10	0.096–0.114	0.03	Marginal
M10	Rev. 9 Scale level ESEM w/ 3 SO Factors	134.73	28,521	0.96	0.88	0.085	0.072–0.098	0.02	Acceptable

Note: All χ2 models are statistically significant at p < .001. FO = First Order, SO = Second Order. All ESEM model are rotated using a geomin rotation with 100 random starts.