Table 2 Measurement equivalence cross-gender (N = 1572)

Male (N = 875)

45.65

11

0.989

0.980

0.019

0.060(0.043,0.079)

Female (N = 697)

41.35

11

0.989

0.978

0.018

0.063(0.043,0.084)

Configural model

87.00

22

0.989

0.979

0.019

0.061(0.048,0.075)

Metric invariance

97.81

28

0.988

0.982

0.029

0.056(0.044,0.069)

0.001

0.005

Scalar invariance

103.94

34

0.988

0.985

0.029

0.051(0.040,0.063)

0.001

0.001

Strict invariance

119.97

41

0.987

0.986

0.035

0.050(0.039,0.060)

0.001

0.001