invariance, which is sufficient for group comparisons in structural path coefficients (Byrne & Watkins, 2003; Steenkamp & Baumgartner, 1998). To test for potential differences in path coefficients between males and females, multigroup analysis was conducted by removing gender from the SEM model and then comparing a model with all remaining paths constrained to equality with one that had all paths freely estimated across male and female adolescents. Similarly, to test for potential differences in path coefficients across ethnic groups, multigroup analysis was conducted by removing ethnicity from the SEM model and then comparing a model with all remaining paths constrained to equality with one that had all paths freely estimated across EA and AA adolescents. We accounted for interdependence within family in all analyses using the CLUSTER command in Mplus.
