Table 7 Measurement invariance for the final second-order six-factor model with respect to gender and profession
|  | χ2 (df) | Δχ2 (Δdf) | p | CFI | TLI | RMSEA [90% CI] | ΔCFI | ΔTLI | ΔRMSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||||||||
 Configural invariance | 1743.029 (448) | - | - | 0.939 | 0.931 | 0.059 (0.056 ~ 0.062) | - | - | - |
 Metric invariance of the first-order factors | 1779.959 (465) | 36.930 (17) | 0.003 | 0.938 | 0.933 | 0.058 (0.055 ~ 0.061) | -0.001 | 0.002 | -0.001 |
 Scalar invariance of the first- order factors | 1799.242 (482) | 19.283 (17) | 0.313 | 0.938 | 0.935 | 0.057 (0.054 ~ 0.060) | 0.000 | 0.002 | -0.001 |
 Metric invariance of the first- and second-order factors | 1812.265 (487) | 13.023 (5) | 0.023 | 0.938 | 0.935 | 0.057 (0.054 ~ 0.060) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
 Scalar invariance of the first- and second-order factors | 1821.536 (492) | 9.271 (5) | 0.159 | 0.937 | 0.936 | 0.057 (0.054 ~ 0.060) | -0.001 | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Profession | |||||||||
 Configural invariance | 2289.901 (672) | - | - | 0.926 | 0.917 | 0.054 (0.051 ~ 0.056) | - | - | - |
 Metric invariance of the first-order factors | 2375.329 (706) | 85.427 (34) | 0.000 | 0.924 | 0.918 | 0.053 (0.051 ~ 0.056) | -0.002 | 0.001 | -0.001 |
 Scalar invariance of the first- order factors | 2441.695 (740) | 66.366 (34) | 0.000 | 0.922 | 0.920 | 0.053 (0.050 ~ 0.055) | -0.002 | 0.002 | 0.000 |
 Metric invariance of the first- and second-order | 2473.595 (750) | 31.901 (10) | 0.000 | 0.921 | 0.920 | 0.053 (0.050 ~ 0.055) | -0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
 Scalar invariance of the first- and second-order factors | 2495.292 (760) | 21.697 (10) | 0.017 | 0.921 | 0.921 | 0.052 (0.050 ~ 0.055) | 0.000 | 0.001 | -0.001 |