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Table 3 Measurement invariance

From: Exploring the interplay of academic stress, motivation, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness in higher education: a longitudinal cross-lagged panel model approach

 

\(\:{\varvec{\chi\:}}^{2}\)

df

RMSEA

SRMR

CFI

ΔCFI

ΔRMSEA

Decision

M1

36.51

18

0.043

0.031

0.964

   

M2

16.09

12

0.043

0.032

0.963

0.001

0.000

Accept

M3

21.35

11

0.042

0.033

0.963

0.001

0.001

Accept

M4

5.78

6

0.043

0.032

0.964

0.000

0.000

Accept

  1. Note M1: stability model, M2: causality model, M3: reversed causation model, M4: reciprocal model. As the chi-square statistic for assessing model fit is sensitive to sample size, the CFIs and RMSEAs of the models using a cut-off value of 0.01 were compared [66]