Sex differences in dementia: on the potentially mediating effects of educational attainment and experiences of psychological distress

Table 2 Measurement models

	Hypothesized			Adjusted (final)
	Factor loading (λ)	95% CI	p	Factor loading (λ)	95% CI	p
Previous depression	0.611	0.520–0.701	***	0.601	0.475–0.728	***
Chronic loneliness	0.569	0.461–0.677	***	0.696	0.557–0.835	***
One or more period(s) of longstanding stress	0.491	0.384–0.599	***	0.412	0.268–0.555	***
Satisfaction with social situation	0.669	0.599–0.739	***	0.540	0.420–0.660	***
Self-esteem	0.588	0.514–0.661	***	0.428	0.313–0.543	***
Depression_res ↔ Stress_res	–	–	–	0.284	0.161–0.408	***
Self-esteem_res ↔ Social situation_res	–	–	–	0.229	0.127–0.331	***
N	892			892
χ² (df)	85.969 (5)			6.890 (3)
TLI	0.767			0.981
RMSEA	0.135			0.034
WRMR	1.598			0.388

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