Before assessing the path coefficients, we evaluate the
structural model fit. As shown inTable 5, the goodnessof-fit statistics generally indicate a good fit to the data.
Although theX
2
is significant, the X
2
ratio is less than
two, indicating an acceptable fit (Kline, 2005). Each of the
remaining model fit indices shown in Table 5(IFI, TLI,and CFI) exceed the acceptable fit level of 0.90, and the
RMSEA is considerably lower than the acceptable fit measure of 0.08 (Browne & Cudeck, 1993). Further, parsimony
is demonstrated by an AIC that is lower than that for the
saturated model