Table 3 Fitting the models tested by means of confirmatory factor analysis of items

1°

15 specific first-order factors (Model 1A)

WLSMV

15,695.377 [3054]

.928

.079

[.077, .080]

MLR

7666.049 [3054]

.771

.047

[.046, 0.49]

MLM

7361.588 [3054]

.784

.046

[.045, 0.47]

ML

8650.788 [3054]

.762

.052

[.051, 0.54]

1°

2 broad first-order factors (Model 1B)

WLSMV

42,489.726 [3158]

.776

.136

[.135, .138]

MLR

14,400.828 [3158]

.443

.073

[.072, .074]

MLM

13,934.277 [3158]

.459

.071

[.070, .072]

ML

16,354.985 [3158]

.438

.079

[.078, .080]

2°

2 broad second-order factors (Model 2A)

WLSMV

23,824.229 [3143]

.882

.099

[.098, .100]

MLR

8807.994 [3143]

.719

.052

[.051, .053]

MLM

8457.402 [3143]

.733

.050

[.049, .051]

ML

9952.699 [3143]

.710

.057

[.056, .058]

2°

3 broad second-order factors (Model 2B)

WLSMV

22,397.998 [3141]

.891

.096

[.095, .097]

MLR

8691.488 [3141]

.725

.051

[.050, .053]

MLM

8339.694 [3141]

.739

.050

[.049, .051]

ML

9811.743 [3141]

.716

.056

[.055, .058]

2°

4 broad second-order factors (Model 2C)

WLSMV

20,755.071 [3140]

.900

.092

[.091, .093]

MLR

8371.058 [3140]

.741

.050

[.049, .051]

MLM

8031.979 [3140]

.754

.048

[.047, .049]

ML

9454.778 [3140]

.731

.055

[.054, .056]

3°

2 broad second-order factors bi-factor (Model 3A)

WLSMV

16,729.393 [3063]

.922

.082

[.080, .083]

MLR

8079.072 [3063]

.751

.049

[.048, .051]

MLM

7661.211 [3063]

.769

.047

[.046, .049]

ML

8990.892 [3063]

.748

.054

[.052, .055]

3°

3 broad second-order factors bi-factor (Model 3B)

WLSMV

MLR

7809.579 [3063]

.775

.048

[.047, .049]

MLM

7055.150 [3063]

.799

.044

[.043, .045]

ML

8313.784 [3063]

.776

.051

[.049, .052]

3°

4 broad second-order factors bi-factor (Model 3C)

WLSMV

15,021.135 [3069]

.932

.076

[.075, .078]

MLR

7536.807 [3069]

.778

.047

[.045, .048]

MLM

7184.546 [3069]

.793

.045

[.044, .046]

ML

8471.851 [3069]

.770

.051

[.050, .053]