Table 2 Results of scale refinement process for each single-modality sensory subconstruct
Initial nitems | Final nitems | Final model fit | ρxx/ωT | Scale retained? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TLIC2 | RMSEAC2 | SRMR | |||||
HYPER constructs | |||||||
Auditory (Bifactor) | 10 | 7 | 0.989 | 0.051 | 0.046 | 0.893/0.945 | YES |
Unidimensional model | 10 | 4 | 0.998 | 0.030 | 0.028 | 0.875/0.898 | YESa |
Visual | 9 | 4 | 0.996 | 0.046 | 0.021 | 0.877/0.928 | YES |
Tactile (Bifactor) | 18 | 13 | 0.985 | 0.043 | 0.047 | 0.916/0.946 | YES |
Unidimensional model | 18 | 4 | 0.978 | 0.053 | 0.038 | 0.718/0.713 | YESa |
Olfactory | 3 | 3 | – | – | 0.017 | 0.751/0.840 | YES |
Gustatory | 9 | 4 | 1.005 | 0.000 | 0.017 | 0.849/0.859 | YES |
Vestibular/proprioceptive [movement] | 10 | 4 | 1.002 | 0.000 | 0.030 | 0.757/0.891 | YES |
HYPO constructs | |||||||
Auditory | 5 | 3 | – | – | 0.024 | 0.891/0.904 | YES (Speech) |
Visual | 3 | 3 | – | – | 0.024 | 0.656/0.631 | NO |
Tactile/somatosensory | 9 | 3 | – | – | 0.022 | 0.837/0.863 | YES (Pain/Temperature) |
Olfactory | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | NO |
Gustatory | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | NO |
SEEK constructs | |||||||
Auditory | 3 | 3 | – | – | 0.010 | 0.729/0.623 | NO |
Visual | 12 | 6 | 1.002 | 0.000 | 0.027 | 0.834/0.859 | YES |
Tactile | 10 | 4 | 1.011 | 0.000 | 0.039 | 0.746/0.727 | YES |
Olfactory | 5 | 3 | – | – | 0.045 | – | NO |
Gustatory | 5 | 3 | – | – | 0.044 | – | NO |
Oral tactile | 5 | 4 | 0.985 | 0.088 | 0.026 | 0.848/0.938 | YES |
Vestibular/proprioceptive [movement] | 10 | 4 | 0.993 | 0.042 | 0.029 | 0.831/0.818 | YES |