Structural Equation Modeling with lavaan

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Contents......Page 3 Preface......Page 6 Intro......Page 8 Structural Equation Modeling......Page 12 Basic concepts......Page 13 Basic principles of SEM......Page 32 Model evaluation of the solution of the estimated model......Page 47 Confirmatory approach in SEM......Page 56 Basic conventions of SEM......Page 58 Conclusion......Page 60 Reading......Page 61 SEM Software......Page 63 R environment......Page 64 lavaan......Page 68 Preparing & importing dataset......Page 70 Major operators of lavaan syntax......Page 75 Main steps in using lavaan......Page 76 lavaan fitting functions......Page 78 Steps in SEM......Page 79 The theoretical model & its conceptual applcation......Page 80 Model parameters & model identification......Page 81 Models with observed variables (path models)......Page 83 Actor-partner interdependence model......Page 100 Models with latent variables (measurement models & structural models)......Page 105 Hybrid models......Page 158 Measure with single-item indicator......Page 159 General structural model including single-item latent variables with single indicator......Page 161 Conclusion......Page 162 Reading......Page 165 Multigroup analysis......Page 166 Latent trait-state models......Page 181 Latent growth models......Page 222 Reading......Page 258 Refs......Page 259 Index......Page 276