Table 3 Measurement Invariance of Four factor model and Second-order model Among Gender Groups and Region Groups for the Japanese BSCS
From: Japanese version of the Brief Sense of Community Scale: construct validity and reliability
χ2 | df | CFI | RMSEA | SRMR | Δχ2/Δdf | ΔCFI | ΔRMSEA | ΔSRMR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||||||
Four factor model | ||||||||||
Male | 41.72** | 14 | .991 | .063 | .014 | |||||
Female | 43.57** | 14 | .990 | .065 | .025 | |||||
Multigroup analysis | ||||||||||
Configural | 85.29** | 28 | .991 | .064 | .020 | |||||
Metric | 96.96** | 36 | .990 | .058 | .036 | 1.46 | − .001 | − .006 | .016 | |
Scalar | 102.92** | 44 | .990 | .052 | .037 | .75 | .000 | − .004 | .001 | |
Second-order model | ||||||||||
Male | 72.77** | 16 | .981 | .084 | .027 | |||||
Female | 109.03** | 16 | .969 | .108 | .045 | |||||
Multigroup analysis | ||||||||||
Configural | 181.80** | 32 | .975 | .097 | .037 | |||||
Metric | 217.54** | 40 | .971 | .095 | .056 | 4.47 | − .004 | − .002 | − .019 | |
Scalar | 223.80** | 48 | .971 | .086 | .056 | .78 | .000 | − .009 | .000 | |
Region | ||||||||||
Four factor model | ||||||||||
East | 27.31* | 14 | .996 | .042 | .017 | |||||
West | 32.90** | 14 | .993 | .054 | .017 | |||||
Multigroup analysis | ||||||||||
Configural | 60.21** | 28 | .995 | .048 | .017 | |||||
Metric | 68.07** | 36 | .995 | .042 | .028 | .98 | .000 | − .006 | .011 | |
Scalar | 78.51** | 44 | .994 | .040 | .031 | 1.31 | − .001 | − .002 | .003 | |
Second-order model | ||||||||||
East | 75.68** | 16 | .982 | .084 | .032 | |||||
West | 96.80** | 16 | .970 | .104 | .045 | |||||
Multigroup analysis | ||||||||||
Configural | 172.48** | 32 | .977 | .094 | .038 | |||||
Metric | 205.35** | 40 | .973 | .091 | .048 | 4.11 | − .004 | − .003 | .010 | |
Scalar | 215.94** | 48 | .972 | .084 | .047 | 1.32 | − .001 | − .007 | − .001 | |