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Table 5 Invariance testing on reduced GHQ-28 item subscales for the BiB Cohort

From: The psychometric properties of the subscales of the GHQ-28 in a multi-ethnic maternal sample: results from the Born in Bradford cohort

 

English (Pakistani)

English (White)

English (Other)

Mirpuri (Pakistani & Other)

Reduced Somatic subscale A (Items 1–4)

    

English (White)

L: 0.001, -0.006

   

I: 0.024, -0.016

English (Other)

L: 0.000, -0.005

L:- 0.001, -0.001

  

I: 0.008, -0.021

I: 0.020, -0.015

Mirpuri (Pakistani & Other)

L: 0.002, -0.008

L: 0.000, -0.003

L: 0.000, -0.008

 

I: 0.033, -0.029

I: 0.024, -0.022

I: 0.065, -0.044

Urdu (Pakistani & Other)

L: 0.009, -0.019

L: 0.008, -0.017

L: 0.006, -0.017

L: 0.003, -0.014

 

I: 0.033, -0.012

I: 0.016, -0.009

I: 0.054, -0.021

I: 0.062, -0.035

Reduced Anxiety and Insomnia subscale B (Items 10–13)

    

English (White)

L: 0.001, -0.003

   

L: 0.007, 0.017

English (Other)

L: 0.000, -0.001

L: 0.001, -0.004

  

L: 0.000, 0.005

I: 0.012, -0.007

Mirpuri (Pakistani & Other)

L: 0.002, -0.002

L: 0.002, -0.004

L: 0.001, -0.003

 

I: -0.027, 0.043

I: -0.004, 0.018

I: -0.014, 0.028

Urdu (Pakistani & Other)

L: 0.020, -0.008

L: 0.019, -0.013

L: 0.031, -0.005

L: -0.005, -0.006

 

I: -0.029, 0.053

I: 0.013, 0.017

I: 0.025, 0.032

I: 0.005, -0.004

Reduced Social Dysfunction subscale C (Items 15–19)

    

English (White)

L: 0.006, -0.015

   

I: 0.004, 0.002

English (Other)

L: -0.002, -0.003

L: 0.002, -0.008

  

I: 0.004, -0.002

I: 0.011, -0.006

Mirpuri (Pakistani & Other)

L: -0.003, -0.006

L: 0.003, -0.010

L: -0.002, -0.012

 

I: 0.015, -0.009

I: 0.019, -0.010

I: 0.021, -0.009

Urdu (Pakistani & Other)

L: 0.000, -0.011

L: 0.007, -0.016

L: 0.003, -0.008

L: -0.009, -0.004

 

I: 0.019, -0.004

I: 0.030, -0.007

I: 0.021, -0.007

I: 0.016, -0.011

Reduced Severe Depression subscale D (Items 23–26)

    

English (White)

L: 0.002, -0.010

   

I: 0.062, -0.052

English (Other)

L: -0.003, -0.002

L: -0.008, -0.003

  

I: 0.008, -0.006

I: 0.054, -0.032

Mirpuri (Pakistani & Other)

L: 0.001, -0.008

L: 0.001, -0.004

L: -0.008, -0.005

 

I: 0.022, -0.017

I: 0.006, 0.000

I: 0.067, -0.023

Urdu (Pakistani & Other)

L: 0.003, -0.008

L: -0.008, -0.004

L: -0.012, -0.007

L: 0.003, -0.008

 

I: 0.010, -0.002

I: 0.015, -0.004

I: 0.070, -0.019

I: 0.001, -0.002

  1. Numbers indicate change in CFI, SRMR from less restrictive model, bolded items indicate invariance not achieved, L factor loadings constrained to be equal, I intercepts constrained to be equal.
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