Validity assessment of the symptom checklist SCL-90-R and shortened versions for the general population in Ukraine

Table 3 Factor validity of SCL-90-R, BSI-53, SCL-27, BSI-18, SCL-14 and SCL-9-K in the Ukrainian general population: confirmatory factor analysis fit

Fit	SCL-90-R			BSI-53			SCL-27			BSI-18			SCL-14			SCL-K-9
Fit	1997	1999	2014	1997	1999	2014	1997	1999	2014	1997	1999	2014	1997	1999	2014	1997	1999	2014
χ2 (DWLS)	25299	21196	15672	6323	6117	4714	1844	1258	1243	575	530	543	415	279	183	111	118	121
DF	3870	3870	3870	1280	1280	1280	309	309	309	132	132	132	74	74	74	27	27	27
χ2 / DF	6.5	5.5	4.0	4.9	4.8	3.7	6.0	4.1	4.0	4.4	4.0	4.1	5.6	3.8	2.5	4.1	4.4	4.5
p-value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
RMSEA (< 0,06)	0.057	0.052	0.042	0.048	0.047	0.038	0.053	0.042	0.040	0.044	0.041	0.040	0.051	0.040	0.027	0.042	0.044	0.042
CFI (> 0,95)	0.967	0.979	0.995	0.980	0.984	0.996	0.977	0.989	0.996	0.991	0.993	0.997	0.988	0.993	0.999	0.993	0.995	0.997
TLI (> 0,95)	0.966	0.978	0.995	0.979	0.983	0.996	0.974	0.987	0.996	0.990	0.992	0.997	0.985	0.991	0.998	0.991	0.993	0.997

χ2 (DWLS) = Minimum Function Chi-square for Diagonally Weighted Least Squares
DF degrees of freedom, RMSEA Root Mean Square Error of Approximation, CFI Comparative fit index, TLI Tucker-Lewis index

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