Table 2 Measurement invariance of three dimensions of the MHC-SF across gender and age groups

Gender groups

 Configural invariance

2916.208

148

0.937

0.061

0.056

 Metric invariance

3008.571

162

0.935

0.059

0.070

−0.002

Grades

 Configural invariance

3106.890

148

0.935

0.061

0.055

 Metric invariance

3189.232

162

0.933

0.059

0.063

−0.002