Table 6 Measurement invariance for the subgroup with OTL in finance-related topics

Configural

χ² = 64.115, p = .06, df = 48, CFI = .95; RMSEA = .041, Pclose = .695

χ² = 45.615, p = .002, df = 22, CFI = .93; RMSEA = .073, Pclose = .10

χ² = 28.393, p = .056, df = 18, CFI = .95; RMSEA = .054, Pclose = .393

Metric

9

12.825

0.171

7

5.336

0.619

6

χ² = 76.94, p = .04, df = 57, CFI = .93; RMSEA = .042, Pclose = .695

χ² = 50.95, p = .007, df = 29, CFI = .93; RMSEA = .062, Pclose = .227

χ² = 45.642, p = .005, df = 24, CFI = .89; RMSEA = .067, Pclose = .157

Partial metric

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

–

–

χ² = 36.04, p = .04, df = 23, CFI = .94; RMSEA = .054, Pclose = .399^a

Scalar

18

18.749

0.407

14

8,121

0,883

11

χ² = 82.864, p = .078, df = 66, CFI = .94; RMSEA = .036, Pclose = .836

χ² = 53.736, p = .029, df = 36, CFI = .95; RMSEA = .05, Pclose = .475

χ² = 43.466, p = .04, df = 29, CFI = .93; RMSEA = .05, Pclose = .465

Partial scalar

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Strict

27

27.636

0.43

21

10.18

0.976

17

χ² = 91.751, p = .092, df = 75, CFI = .94; RMSEA = .034, Pclose = .886

χ² = 55.795, p = .091, df = 43, CFI = .96; RMSEA = .039, Pclose = .73

χ² = 69.537, p < .001, df = 35, CFI = .83; RMSEA = .071, Pclose = .081