Fig. 1
From: Development of a scale to evaluate negative menstrual attitudes among Nepalese women
Confirmatory factor analysis of the 4th edition protocol (N = 176, Group 2). The observation variable ‘17, 16, 15, 14, 13 (Question 5 items)’ is affected by the latent variable ‘Factor 1 Natural event’. The observation variable ‘5, 4, 9, 6, 1 (Question 5 items)’ is affected by the latent variable ‘Factor 2 debilitating event’. The observation variable ‘11, 2, 3, 8, 10 (Question 5 items)’ is affected by the latent variable ‘Factor 3 Bothersome event’. Each observed variable is also affected by the error ‘e’. CMIN/df Chi-square/degrees of freedom, AIC Akaike’s Information Criterion, GFI goodness-of-fit index, AGFI adjusted goodness-of-fit index, CFI comparative fit index, RMSEA root mean square error of approximation