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Table 6 Comparisons of factor means of anxiety and depressive symptoms across 8 conflict-affected districts in Sri Lanka (n = 8456) (factor means are rank-ordered and significant at P = 0.05)

From: Measurement invariance of the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist: a novel multigroup alignment analytic approach to a large epidemiological sample across eight conflict-affected districts from a nation-wide survey in Sri Lanka

Ranking

Group

Factor mean

Anxiety symptoms

1

1 (Jaffna)

0.704

2

2 (Mannar)

0.692

3

8 (Trincomalee)

0.642

4

5 (Killinochi)

0.638

5

4 (Mullativu)

0.626

6

6 (Batticola)

0.550

7

3 (Vavuniya)

0.542

8

7 (Puttalam)

0.100

Depressive symptoms

1

8 (Trincomalee)

0.721

2

1 (Jaffna)

0.697

3

6 (Batticola)

0.691

4

2 (Mannar)

0.690

5

4 (Mullativu)

0.655

6

5 (Killinochi)

0.599

7

3 (Vavuniya)

0.571

8

7 (Puttalam)

0.100

  1. aFactor means representing each subscale were generated and compared on the basis of scalar (intercept) invariance.