Measuring children’s emotional and behavioural problems: are SDQ parent reports from native and immigrant parents comparable?

Runge, Ronja A.; Soellner, Renate

doi:10.1186/s13034-019-0306-z

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Table 5 Model fit of configural models tested separately in the subgroups (with DIF items)

From: Measuring children’s emotional and behavioural problems: are SDQ parent reports from native and immigrant parents comparable?

Sample	German native M1	German native M2	Russian origin	Turkish origin
Model, degrees of freedom, p value	5 factor model, df = 265, p < 0.001
Chi²	603.172	603.172	692.881	1008.665
CFI	0.91	0.91	0.80	0.74
RMSEA (90% CI)	0.049 (0.44–0.55)	0.049 (0.44–0.55)	0.060 (0.054–0.065)	0.071 (0.067–0.76)
SRMR	0.088	0.088	0.095	0.101
Model, degrees of freedom, p value	5 factor model & higher order factors internalizing and externalizing problems, df = 268, p < 0.001
Chi²	–^a	633.641	691.862	1032.168
CFI	–	0.90	0.80	0.73
RMSEA (90% CI)	–	0.051 (0.046–0.056)	0.059 (0.054–0.064)	0.072 (0.067–0.076)
SRMR	–	0.091	0.095	0.103
Model, degrees of freedom, p value	5-factor model and general problem behaviour as higher-order factor, df = 270, p < 0.001
Chi²	656.678	656.677836	684.840	1030.456
CFI	0.89716	0.897	0.802	0.73162212
RMSEA (90% CI)	0.052 (0.047–0.057)	0.052 (0.047–0.057)	0.058 (0.053–0.064)	0.071 (0.067–0.076)
SRMR	0.094	0.094	0.096	0.104
Model, degrees of freedom, p value	2 factor- model (general problem behaviour factor and prosocial behaviour factor), df = 274, p < 0.001
Chi²	1110.233	1110.233	–^a	1151.055
CFI	0.78	0.78	–	0.69
RMSEA (90% CI)	0.076 (0.072–0.081)	0.076 (0.072–0.081)	–	0.076 (0.072–0.081)
SRMR	0.122	0.122	–	0.109
Model, degrees of freedom, p value	3 factor model (internalizing & externalizing problem behaviour, prosocial behaviour), df = 265, p < 0.001
Chi²	603.172	603.172	692.881	1008.665
CFI	0.91	0.91	0.80	0.74
RMSEA (90% CI)	0.049 (0.44–0.55)	0.049 (0.44–0.55)	0.060 (0.054–0.065)	0.071 (0.067–0.76)
SRMR	0.088	0.088	0.095	0.101
Model, degrees of freedom, p value	4 factor model (internalizing problem behaviour, conduct problems, hyperactivity, prosocial behaviour), df = 269, p < 0.001
Chi²	699.267	699.267	736.841	1073.932
CFI	0.89	0.89	0.78	0.72
RMSEA (90% CI)	0.055 (0.050–0.060)	0.055 (0.050–0.060)	0.062 (0.057–0.067)	0.073 (0.069–0.078)
SRMR	0.097	0.097	0.097	0.105

CI confidence interval
^aModel did not converge/was not identified

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