Inference and Interval Estimation Methods for Indirect Effects With Latent Variable Models

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-38

  Falk, Carl F ^a   Biesanz, Jeremy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

indirect effect; latent variables; mediation analysis; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INDIRECT EFFECTS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LATENT VARIABLE; LATENT VARIABLE MODELS; MANIPULATED VARIABLES; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84917710789     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2014.935266     Document Type: Article

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