Measuring stress in Australia: validation of the perceived stress scale (PSS-14) in a national sample

Table 2 Conditional likelihood ratio test of overall model fit and Global DIF

	Model	Homogeneity	Differential Item Functioning by sex	Differential Item Functioning by education
PSS-14	RM	χ²(55) = 3828.3, p < 0.001	χ²(55) = 575.1, p < 0.001	χ²(55) = 320.9, p < 0.001
Perceived Stress	RM	χ²(27) = 1409.7, p < 0.001	χ²(27) = 177.8, p < 0.001	χ²(27) = 82.2, p < 0.001
Perceived Stress	GLLRM	χ²(96) = 94.4, p = 0.440	χ²(80) = 111.8, p = 0.012	χ²(88) = 104.1, p = 0.080
Perceived Control	RM	χ²(27) = 713.4, p < 0.001	χ²(27) = 197.2, p < 0.001	χ²(27) = 104.1, p < 0.001
Perceived Control	GLLRM	χ²(55) = 62.5, p = 0.224	χ²(39) = 39.0, p = 0.469	χ²(47) = 70.9, p = 0.014

The subgroups were defined according to lower and higher scores (i.e. homogeneity) to evaluate overall model fit; and according to sex (men; women) and education (Up to high school; Technical education or University) to evaluate Global Differential Item Functioning

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