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Structural Equation Modeling

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Structural equation modeling is a multivariate analytical technique that allows researchers to build complex models and estimate relationships using a series of linear equations simultaneously. This entry provides a brief background for structural equation modeling and its applications.

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  1. Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Duygu Biricik Gulseren & E. Kevin Kelloway

  2. Department of Psychology, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Duygu Biricik Gulseren & E. Kevin Kelloway

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  1. Duygu Biricik Gulseren
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  1. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  2. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

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  1. Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Managament and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

    Anna Z. Czarna

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Biricik Gulseren, D., Kelloway, E.K. (2019). Structural Equation Modeling. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_483-1

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