Reducing Sun Exposure for Prevention of Skin Cancers: Factorial Invariance and Reliability of the Self-Efficacy Scale for Sun Protection

Table 2

Goodness-of-fit statistics for three invariance models.

	Model		df	CFI	ΔCFI	RMSEA	90% CI
Age	Configural Invariance	112.424	40	.973	—	.082	.064, .100
	Pattern Identity Invariance	142.684	56	.968	−.005	.076	.060, .091
	Strong Factorial Invariance	173.593	80	.966	−.002	.066	.052, .079
Education	Configural Invariance	86.280	24	.977	—	.076	.059, .093
	Pattern Identity Invariance	99.994	32	.975	−.002	.069	.054, .084
	Strong Factorial Invariance	122.958	44	.971	−.004	.063	.050, .076
Ethnicity	Configural Invariance	81.672	16	.976	—	.078	.061, .095
	Pattern Identity Invariance	83.246	20	.976	.000	.068	.053, .084
	Strong Factorial Invariance	88.732	26	.977	.001	.060	.046, .073
Gender	Configural Invariance	91.839	16	.972	—	.084	.067, .100
	Pattern Identity Invariance	97.756	20	.971	−.001	.076	.061, .091
	Strong Factorial Invariance	112.064	26	.968	−.003	.070	.057, .083
Race	Configural Invariance	67.817	16	.978	—	.073	.056, .091
	Pattern Identity Invariance	69.539	20	.979	.001	.064	.048, .080
	Strong Factorial Invariance	89.886	26	.973	−.006	.064	.049, .078
Skin tone	Configural Invariance	124.397	24	.958	—	.098	.081, .115
	Pattern Identity Invariance	155.343	32	.948	−.010	.094	.080, .109
	Strong Factorial Invariance	201.558	44	.935	−.013	.091	.078, .104
Stage of Change	Configural Invariance	79.228	24	.974	—	.071	.054, .089
	Pattern Identity Invariance	88.925	32	.973	−.001	.063	.047, .078
	Strong Factorial Invariance	145.220	44	.953	−.020	.071	.059, .084