Research Article

Validity and Stability of the Decisional Balance for Sun Protection Inventory

Table 2

Goodness-of-fit statistics for three nested invariance models.

ModeldfCFICFITLIRMSEA[90% CI]

Gender
 Configural invariance164.48940.952.933.068[.058, .079]
 Pattern identity invariance179.77848.949−.003.941.064[.054, .074]
 Strong factorial invariance195.00256.946−.003.939.061[.052, .070]
Racial identity
 Configural invariance148.45140.956.939.067[.055, .078]
 Pattern identity invariance164.20548.953−.003.945.063[.052, .073]
 Strong factorial invariance192.40656.945−.008.937.063[.053, .073]
Age
 Configural invariance240.234100.948.927.073[.061, .084]
 Pattern identity invariance287.769132.942−.006.939.067[.056, .077]
 Strong factorial invariance339.652164.935−.007.932.063[.054, .073]
Education
 Configural invariance194.88160.951.931.071[.060, .082]
 Pattern identity invariance232.13776.943−.008.937.068[.058, .078]
 Strong factorial invariance255.27292.940−.003.935.063[.054, .072]
Untanned skin color
 Configural invariance190.47960.948.928.072[.060, .083]
 Pattern identity invariance212.75176.946−.002.940.065[.055, .075]
 Strong factorial invariance242.07792.941−.005.936.062[.052, .071]
Stage of change for sun protection
 Configural invariance205.70460.941.917.074[.063, .085]
 Pattern identity invariance238.50576.934−.007.927.069[.059, .079]
 Strong factorial invariance309.41192.913−.021.906.073[.064, .082]