In Model 2 (Table 7), path coefficients were allowed to vary across male and female subgroups, while other parameters, including measurement parameters and cross-sectional residual correlations, were constrained to be equal across the sexes. The patterns of path coefficients from male and female subgroups were mostly similar to those from Model 1. However, a notable difference between male and female subgroups was observed for the ALC-to-ASB path between ages 15 and 17 (underlined). This path was significant in Model 1 and in the male subgroup of Model 2, but was not significant in the female subgroup. However, this difference did not result in a significant chi-squared difference between Model 1 and Model 2 (Δχ2 = 11.146, Δdf = 12, p = 0.5165).
