Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in a sample of community adults

Table 5 Sex measurement invariances of the revised IES-2 (N = 444)

Hypothesis	χ² (df)	Δχ² (Δdf)	CFI	ΔCFI	TLI	ΔTLI	RMSEA (90% CI)	ΔRMSEA
Sex (male vs. female)
Configural model	620.993 (142)***		0.950		0.936		0.124 (0.114, 0.134)
Thresholds model	666.415 (170)***	36.660 (28)	0.949	− 0.001	0.945	0.009	0.115 (0.106, 0.124)	− 0.009
Metric model	676.862 (180)***	19.173 (10)*	0.949	0.000	0.948	0.003	0.112 (0.103, 0.121)	− 0.003
Scalar model	676.026 (190)***	12.113 (10)	0.950	0.001	0.952	0.004	0.108 (0.099, 0.116)	− 0.004
Strict model	697.224 (204)***	37.581 (14)**	0.949	− 0.001	0.954	0.002	0.105 (0.096, 0.113)	0.000
Threshold			> 0.900	< 0.010	> 0.900	< 0.010	< 0.080	< 0.015

χ², Chi-square; df, degrees of freedom; CFI, Comparative Fit Index; TLI, Tucker-Lewis Index; RMSEA, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation; Δ, a change in χ², df, CFI, TLI, and RMSEA
***p < 0.001; **p < 0.010, *p < 0.050

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