Final results
The final model (see Figure 2) was again tested with LISREL. The results
indicated a marginally adequate fit (GFI = 0.877; RMSR = 0.10). The chisquare/
degrees of freedom ratio was only 1.9 (2 = 144.01 (df = 75)), meeting
even the most stringent criterion of Carmines and McIver (1981). All the
parameters were significant (all t-values > 2).