The Chinese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale: Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across gender and age

Table 2 Standardized factor loadings of CFA for the one-dimensional structure of the C-FAS by gender four age groups: Studies 1, 2, and 3

Items	Study 1: Middle school students		Study 1: High school students		Study 2: Young adults		Study 3: Older adults
Items	Boys (n = 213)	Girls (n = 232)	Boys (n = 308)	Girls (n = 362)	Men (n = 122)	Women (n = 114)	Men (n = 76)	Women (n = 81)
1. I appreciate my body for what it is capable of doing	0.75	0.72	0.71	0.80	0.72	0.78	0.88	0.89
2. I am grateful for the health of my body, even if it isn’t always as healthy as I would like it to be	0.74	0.77	0.73	0.70	0.65	0.65	0.90	0.92
3. I appreciate that my body allows me to communicate and interact with others	0.86	0.88	0.87	0.88	0.84	0.83	0.92	0.87
4. I acknowledge and appreciate when my body feels good and/or relaxed	0.89	0.89	0.82	0.90	0.87	0.79	0.96	0.93
5. I am grateful that my body enables me to engage in activities that I enjoy or find important	0.84	0.87	0.89	0.88	0.90	0.86	0.95	0.88
6. I feel that my body does so much for me	0.90	0.92	0.91	0.86	0.71	0.84	0.97	0.96
7. I respect my body for the functions it performs	0.87	0.84	0.91	0.90	0.62	0.83	0.92	0.92

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