Research Article

The Impacts of Mobile Wallet App Characteristics on Online Impulse Buying: A Moderated Mediation Model

Table 6

Measurement invariance analysis.

MICOM Step1_Configural invariance: confirmed
MICOM Step 2_Compositional invariance: across E-wallet user experience (≤2 years vs. >2 years)MICOM step 3_Composite equality: across E-wallet user experience (≤2 years vs. >2 years)
ConstructOriginal correlation5.0%Permutation valuesCompositional invarianceOriginal mean2.5%97.5%Permutation valuesOriginal variance2.5%97.5%Permutation values

IB0.9860.9430.335Yes-0.008-0.2780.2780.954-0.021-0.3750.3920.911
PE1.0000.9910.977Yes-0.128-0.2670.2700.3660.297-0.5360.5400.369
PI0.9640.9470.117Yes0.005-0.2640.2730.9740.003-0.4030.3930.988
VA1.0000.9990.651Yes-0.004-0.2700.2900.981-0.253-0.4080.4150.235

Conclusion: both mean and variance original differences fall between 2.5% and 97.5 boundaries, indicating full measurement invariance.