Hierarchical Models of Self-Concept across Genders and Sciences/Humanities for College Students in Taiwan
Table 3
Factor loadings and goodness-of-fit indexes obtained by HCFA based on the model of GSC as the higher-order factor of FSCs (Model A in Figure 1).
Sample
Factor loadings of GSC defined by
Goodness of fit
N
RSC
ISC
ASC
SSC
ESC
CSC
df
CFI
NNFI
RMSEA
All
28824
.215
.267
.524
.854
.860
.439
3623.707
48
.958
.942
.051
All_mgg
28824
.215
.267
.524
.854
.860
.439
20980.148
138
.730
.742
.102
All_F
15792
.178
.227
.483
.854
.837
.415
1482.438
48
.965
.952
.044
All_M
13032
.324
.338
.594
.856
.878
.501
1374.563
48
.970
.959
.046
Engineering
5929
.390
.414
.628
.833
.890
.560
661.317
48
.970
.959
.046
Engineering_mgg
5929
.390
.414
.628
.833
.890
.560
1472.261
138
.934
.936
.057
Engineering_F
846
.306
.336
.488
.788
.963
.507
122.730
48
.969
.957
.043
Engineering_M
5083
.427
.430
.658
.837
.881
.576
599.826
48
.970
.959
.048
Natural sci.
901
.277
.288
.503
.845
.871
.333
101.657
48
.979
.970
.035
Natural sci._mgg
901
.277
.288
.503
.845
.870
.333
329.514
138
.908
.912
.056
Natural sci._F
312
.156
.218
.412
.878
.754
.378
59.337
48
.982
.976
.028
Natural sci._M
589
.304
.307
.553
.835
.901
.363
74.654
48
.985
.979
.031
Education
1026
.117
.184
.514
.849
.843
.335
216.938
48
.942
.920
.059
Education_mgg
1026
.117
.184
.514
.849
.843
.335
1205.512
138
.696
.709
.123
Education_F
726
.211
.149
.481
.810
.874
.332
115.441
48
.961
.946
.044
Education_M
300
.217
.381
.552
.874
.815
.356
106.763
48
.944
.922
.064
Business
6629
.250
.309
.500
.837
.873
.422
842.658
48
.957
.941
.050
Business_mgg
6629
.250
.309
.500
.837
.873
.422
5652.746
138
.745
.756
.110
Business_F
4772
.204
.287
.476
.853
.866
.430
478.595
48
.964
.950
.043
Business_M
1857
.320
.332
.574
.819
.869
.500
303.767
48
.959
.944
.054
HCFA: hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis; GSC: general self-concept; FSCs: field-specific self-concepts, including RSC, ISC, ASC, SSC, ESC, and SSC here; RSC: realistic self-concept; ISC: investigative self-concept; ASC: artistic self-concept; SSC: social self-concept; ESC: enterprising self-concept; CSC: conventional self-concept; F: female; M: male; mgg: multigroup SEM with all parameter estimates being set invariant across genders; mgf: multigroup SEM with all parameter estimates being set invariant across four fields of study (engineering, natural sciences, education, and business). Natural sci.: natural sciences. The bold factor loadings and are not significant at the .05 level.
