Structural equation modeling : concepts, issue, and applications / edited by Rick H. Hoyle

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- The Structural Equation Modeling Approach: Basic Concepts and Fundamental Issues -- Model Specification: Procedures, Strategies, and Related Issues -- Estimates and Tests in Structural Equation Modeling -- Structural Equation Models with Nonnormal Variables: Problems and Remedies -- Evaluating Model Fit -- Statistical Power in Structural Equation Modeling -- Objectivity and Reasoning in Science and Structural Equation Modeling -- One Application of Structural Equation Modeling from Two Perspectives: Exploring the EQS and LISREL Strategies -- Writing about Structural Equation Models -- Latent Variable Models for Multitrait-Multimethod Data -- Sex-Race Differences in Social Support and Depression in Older Low-Income Adults -- Modeling the Relation of Personality Variables to Symptom Complaints: The Unique Role of Negative Affectivity -- Predictors of Change in Antisocial Behavior during Elementary School for Boys -- References -- author Index -- Subject Index -- About the Contributors.

"This largely nontechnical volume reviews some of the major issues facing researchers who wish to use structural equation modeling. Individual chapters present recent developments on specification, estimation and testing, statistical power, software comparisons and analyzing multitrait/multimethod data. Numerous examples of applications are given and attention is paid to the underlying philosophy of structural equation modeling and to writing up results from structural equation modeling analyses."