Psychology: Research and Review
Table 3 Model Fit for Four-Factor, Three-Factor and One-Factor Models in Samples 2, 3, 4a and 4b
From: Short version of the right-wing authoritarianism scale for the Brazilian context
Sample | Model | χ2/df | CFI | TLI | RMSEA | χ2difference test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
χ2 difference | df difference | p | ||||||
Sample 2 (n = 990) | Four-Factor (AT, TR, SA, CA) | 3.50 | .96 | .94 | .05 | - | - | - |
Three-Factor proposed by Duckitt et al., (2010; AT, TR, SA + CA) | 17.58 | .72 | .63 | .13 | 253.93 | 3 | < .001 | |
One-Factor Proposed by Altemeyer (1981) | 31.27 | .45 | .33 | .18 | 414.91 | 3 | < .001 | |
Sample 3 (n = 90) | Four-Factor (AT, TR, SA, CA) | 1.09 | .99 | .98 | .03 | - | - | - |
Three-Factor proposed by Duckitt et al., (2010; AT, TR, SA + CA) | 1.62 | .89 | .86 | .08 | 19.65 | 3 | < .001 | |
One-Factor Proposed by Altemeyer (1981) | 1.87 | .84 | .81 | .10 | 15.93 | 3 | .001 | |
Sample 4a (n = 211) | Four-Factor (AT, TR, SA, CA) | 1.28 | .97 | .96 | .04 | - | - | - |
Three-Factor proposed by Duckitt et al., (2010; AT, TR, SA + CA) | 3.36 | .76 | .69 | .11 | 4.96 | 3 | .17 | |
One-Factor Proposed by Altemeyer (1981) | 4.36 | .64 | .56 | .13 | 4.00 | 3 | .26 | |
Sample 4b | Four-Factor (AT, TR, SA, CA) | .88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |
(n = 83) | Three-Factor proposed by Duckitt et al., (2010; AT, TR, SA + CA) | 1.43 | .93 | .91 | .07 | 3.39 | 3 | .34 |
One-Factor Proposed by Altemeyer (1981) | 1.75 | .87 | .83 | .10 | 2.67 | 3 | .45 | |