As these models were characterised by a growing complexity (each subsequent model was nested within the previous one), while assessing models’ superiority we relied on the cut‐off criteria recommended for testing measurement invariance: a change of CFI (∆CFI) less than .01 (∆CFI < .01), a change of RMSEA of less than .015 (∆RMSEA < .015), and a change of SRMR less than .01 (∆SRMR < .01) would indicate that the two models compared do not differ in terms of model fit (Chen et al., 2008; Cheung & Rensvold, 2002).