Examination of residuals between predicted and observed correlations revealed that boys were more likely to exhibit fighting than girls, that girls were more likely to exhibit internalizing problems than boys, and that internalizing problems declined with age. Because these deviations from the measurement model were not relevant to our tests of relations between ECF and risk behaviors, we included them as additional correlates in the model. This resulting model provided a good fit to the data, χ2(110) = 174.8, p < .001; CFI = .93, RMSEA = .038 (90% CI = .026, .048).
