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Table 2 Independent and multi-group CFAs for parent feeding in males and females

From: Measurement equivalence of child feeding and eating measures across gender, ethnicity, and household food security

 

Overall fit indices

Comparative fit

Subscale

χ2 (df)

CFI

RMSEA (90% CI)

AIC

Child feeding questionnaire

 Perceived parent weight

  Female

4.063(2), p = .13

.960

.091 (.000 - .220)

–

  Male

37.804(2), p < .01

.687

.395 (.291 - .509)

–

 Concern child weight

  Female

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

–

  Male

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

–

  Configural Invariance

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

36.000

  Loading Invariance

1.851(2), p = .40

1.000

.000 (.000 - .125)

33.851

  Intercept Invariance

4.212(5), p = .52

1.000

.000 (.000 - .082)

30.212

 Parental responsibility

  Female

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

–

  Male

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

–

  Configural Invariance

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

36.000

  Loading Invariance

1.844(2), p = .40

1.000

.000 (.000 - .075)

34.756

  Intercept Invariance

6.854(5), p = .23

.996

.039 (.000 - .104)

32.854

 Restriction

  Female

127.385(20), p < .01

.711

.208 (.174 - .243)

 

  Male

200.813(20), p < .01

.599

.280 (.246 - .316)

 

 Pressure to eat

  Female

5.092(2), p = .08

.975

.112 (.000 - .237)

 

  Male

4.140(2), p = .13

.981

.096 (.000 - .230)

 
  1. Note. Italicized analyses represent independent CFAs examining each subscale as a latent single factor. Perceived Parent Weight has 4 indicators, Concern about Child Weight has 3 indicators, Parental Responsibility has 3 indicators, Restriction has 8 indicators and Pressure to Eat has 4 indicators. AIC is a comparative fit index for two or more groups