An Evaluation of Competing Structural Models of Adolescents' Concerns: Chi-Squared,Fit Indices,and Parsimony

Abstract

In 1993 Adwere-Boamah and Curds replicated a 1988 study by Violato and Holden of a four-factor model of adolescents' concerns. Employing confirmatory factor analysis, they concluded that the model did not fit the data well. In a re-analysis, it is suggested in the present paper that on the contrary, the results support the original model.

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