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Table 2 Model fit statistics and chi-square tests comparing three nested latent growth models for growth and fixed mindset

From: Growing a growth mindset: characterizing how and why undergraduate students’ mindsets change

Construct

Model

CFI

TLI

SRMR

RMSEA

AIC

BIC

χ2χ2)

df (Δdf)

Growth mindset

Intercept

0.842

0.862

0.119

0.145

6149

6176

237.49 (NA)

16 (NA)

Slope

0.921

0.915

0.069

0.114

6041

6081

123.53 (113.97)

13 (3)

Full

0.950

0.922

0.045

0.109

6005

6022

79.23 (44.30)

9 (4)

Fixed mindset

Intercept

0.870

0.886

0.118

0.130

6518

6545

194.79 (NA)

16 (NA)

Slope

0.934

0.929

0.073

0.103

6434

6474

103.92 (90.87)

13 (3)

Full

0.967

0.949

0.047

0.087

6391

6450

53.66 (50.26)

9 (4)

  1. Note: All χ2 and Δχ2 differences are p < 0.001