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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2022 Sep 29;34(12):1081–1092. doi: 10.1037/pas0001180

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.