TABLE 2 in Psychometric Properties of Older Adults' Entomophobia and Arachnophobia Scale (OAEAS): Validating, Cutoff Points, IRT Analysis, and Its Measurement Invariance in Iranian Version

TABLE 2: Multigroup CFA results for OAEAS 18 items (N � 450). Modelχ 2d fpCFIGFISRMRRMSEAΔCFIΔGFIΔSRMRΔRMSEAΔ χ 2ΔdfΔ pConfgural121.87424<0.0010.8860.8850.040.042———————Thresholds122.47434<0.0010.8760.8750.040.0430.0000.0010.000−0.004128.02421> 0.99Loadings186.32434<0.0010.8760.8750.040.0420.0000.0010.001−0.00111.14412> 0.99 Note: The confgural model always serves as a reference. ΔCFI, diference in CFI; Δdf, diference in df; p statistical signifcance of χ 2; Δ p, statistical signifcance of Δ χ 2; ΔRMSEA, diference in RMSEA; ΔSRMR, diference in SRMR; ΔGFI, diference in GFI; χ 2, overall scaled chi-square statistic; Δ χ 2, scaled chi-square diference statistic. Abbreviations:CFA, confrmatory factor analysis;CFI, comparativeftindex, df,degreesof freedom; GFI, goodness-of-ft index, RMSEA,root mean square of approximation, SRMR, standard root mean square residual.