Skip to main content

Table 5 Tests for invariance across gender and age groups for the whole study sample (n = 2.508)

From: Resilient coping in the general population: standardization of the brief resilient coping scale (BRCS)

 

N

χ 2 (df)

Δ χ 2

Δ p

CMIN/DF

CFI

Δ CFI

RMSEA

Δ RMSEA

Gender

 Men

1.171

28.508 (2)

  

14.254

.982

 

.106

 

 Women

1.330

16.831 (2)

  

8.415

.989

 

.075

 

Multigroup analysis

 Configural model

 

45.340 (4)

  

11.335

.986

 

.064

 

 Metric model

 

53.155 (8)

7.815

.099

6.644

.984

.002

.048

.016

 Scalar model

 

82.542 (12)

29.388

<.001

6.879

.975

.009

.049

.001

Age

 14–29 years

444

0.209 (2)

  

0.104

1

 

0

 

 30–39 years

330

2.908 (2)

  

1.454

.998

 

.037

 

 40–49 years

447

29.243 (2)

  

14.621

.950

 

.175

 

 50–59 years

466

10.147 (2)

  

5.073

.985

 

.094

 

 60–69 years

393

16.285 (2)

  

8.142

.957

 

.135

 

  ≥ 70 years

421

8.740 (2)

  

4.370

.986

 

.090

 

Multigroup analysis for all age groups

 Configural model

 

67.528 (12)

  

5.627

.980

 

.043

 

 Metric model

 

96.920 (32)

29.393

.080

3.029

.977

.003

.029

.014

 Scalar model

 

239.290 (52)

142.370

<.001

4.602

.933

.044

.038

.009

Multigroup analysis for all age groups except 14–29 years and ≥70 years

 Configural model

 

58.577 (8)

  

7.322

.972

 

.062

 

 Metric model

 

73.271 (20)

14.694

.259

3.664

.971

.001

.040

.022

 Scalar model

 

101.076 (32)

27.805

.006

3.159

.962

.009

.036

.004