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Table 5 Invariance models according to sex

From: Meaning of life questionnaire (MLQ) in peruvian undergraduate students: study of its psychometric properties from the perspective of classical test theory (CTT)

Unidimensional model

χ2

df

p

SRMR

TLI

CFI

RMSEA

Δχ2

Δdf

p

ΔCFI

ΔRMSEA

Men

53.83

26

.001

.059

.94

.96

.072

–

–

–

–

–

Women

64.03

26

.000

.062

.96

.97

.076

–

–

–

–

–

Invariance model

Configural

118.95

52

.000

.060

.95

.961

.074

–

–

–

–

–

Metric

118.94

59

.000

.064

.97

.974

.067

4.21

7

.755

.001

− 007

Scalar

129.21

66

.000

.065

.97

.974

.065

9.44

7

.222

.000

− 002

Strict

135.78

75

.000

.065

.97

.971

.064

12.10

9

.207

− .003

− 001

  1. Note: χ2 Chi square, df Degrees of freedom; SRMR Standardized root mean square residual, TLI Tucker-lewis index, CFI Comparative fit index; RMSEA Root mean square error of approximation; Δχ2 Differences in chi square; Δdf Differences in degrees of freedom; ΔRMSEA Change in root mean square error of approximation; ΔCFI Change in comparative fix index