Research Article

Reducing Sun Exposure for Prevention of Skin Cancers: Factorial Invariance and Reliability of the Self-Efficacy Scale for Sun Protection

Table 2

Goodness-of-fit statistics for three invariance models.

ModeldfCFIΔCFIRMSEA90% CI

AgeConfigural Invariance112.42440.973.082.064, .100
Pattern Identity Invariance142.68456.968−.005.076.060, .091
Strong Factorial Invariance173.59380.966−.002.066.052, .079

EducationConfigural Invariance86.28024.977.076.059, .093
Pattern Identity Invariance99.99432.975−.002.069.054, .084
Strong Factorial Invariance122.95844.971−.004.063.050, .076

EthnicityConfigural Invariance81.67216.976.078.061, .095
Pattern Identity Invariance83.24620.976.000.068.053, .084
Strong Factorial Invariance88.73226.977.001.060.046, .073

GenderConfigural Invariance91.83916.972.084.067, .100
Pattern Identity Invariance97.75620.971−.001.076.061, .091
Strong Factorial Invariance112.06426.968−.003.070.057, .083

RaceConfigural Invariance67.81716.978.073.056, .091
Pattern Identity Invariance69.53920.979.001.064.048, .080
Strong Factorial Invariance89.88626.973−.006.064.049, .078

Skin toneConfigural Invariance124.39724.958.098.081, .115
Pattern Identity Invariance155.34332.948−.010.094.080, .109
Strong Factorial Invariance201.55844.935−.013.091.078, .104

Stage of ChangeConfigural Invariance79.22824.974.071.054, .089
Pattern Identity Invariance88.92532.973−.001.063.047, .078
Strong Factorial Invariance145.22044.953−.020.071.059, .084