Table 3 Measurement invariance testing across gender and Grade levels.

From: Revision and validation of the “Motivational Climate in Physical Education Scale” (MCPES) in Chinese educational context

Group

Model

CMIN

DF

CFI

TLI

SRMR

RMSEA[90%CI]

ΔΧΦΙ

ΔΤΛΙ

ΔΡΜΣΕΑ

Full Sample

Baseline Model

331.597

98

0.93

0.914

0.0527

0.071(0.063,0.080)

   

Gender

Morphological Invariance

511.028

197

0.908

0.888

0.0651

0.058(0.052,0.064)

   

Weak Invariance

534.194

209

0.905

0.891

0.068

0.057(0.051,0.064)

-0.003

0.003

-0.001

Strong Invariance

545.833

218

0.904

0.895

0.0767

0.057(0.051,0.062)

-0.001

0.004

0

Strict Invariance

584.79

234

0.898

0.895

0.0787

0.056(0.051,0.062)

-0.006

0

-0.001

Grade

Morphological Invariance

637.98

295

0.902

0.88

0.049

0.05(0.044,0.055)

   

Weak Invariance

680.186

319

0.896

0.883

0.0498

0.049(0.044,0.054)

-0.006

0.003

-0.001

Strong Invariance

711.422

338

0.893

0.886

0.0511

0.048(0.044,0.053)

-0.003

0.003

-0.001

Strict Invariance

804.513

370

0.875

0.879

0.0511

0.05(0.045,0.055)

-0.018

-0.007

0.002