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Table 4 Independent and multi-group CFAs for parent feeding in non-Latino and Latino samples

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

  Non-Latino

38.046(2), p < .01

.734

.337 (.248 - .434)

–

  Latino

2.509(2), p = .29

.986

.056 (.000 - .237)

–

 Concern child weight

  Non-Latino

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

–

  Latino

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

–

  Configural Invariance

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

36.000

  Loading Invariance

0.152(2), p = .93

1.000

.000 (.000 - .041)

32.152

  Intercept Invariance

9.751(5), p = .08

.984

.063 (.000 - .122)

35.751

 Parental responsibility

  Non-Latino

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

–

  Latino

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

–

  Configural Invariance

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

36.000

  Loading Invariance

10.143(2), p < .01

.981

.131 (.059 - .215)

42.143

 Restriction

  Non-Latino

221.360(20), p < .01

.547

.252 (.222 - .282)

–

  Latino

147.769(20), p < .01

.680

.283 (.241 - .326)

–

 Pressure to eat

  Non-Latino

3.787(2), p = .15

.990

.075 (.000 - .190)

–

  Latino

5.446(2), p = .07

.939

.147 (.000 - .301)

–

  1. Note. Italicized analyses represent independent CFAs examining each subscale as a 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