Using Mplus for Structural Equation Modeling

E. Kevin Kelloway is the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology at Saint Mary’s University.  He received his PhD in Organizational Psychology from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON) and taught for eight years at the University of Guelph.  In 1999 he moved to Saint Mary’s University where he also holds the position of Professor of Psychology.  He was the founding director of the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety and the PhD program in Business Administration (Management).  He was also a founding principal of the Centre for Leadership Excellence at Saint Mary’s.  An active researcher, he is the author/editor of 12 books and over 100 research articles and chapters. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Canadian Psychological Association and of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

"An excellent book on the ins and outs of using Mplus, as well as the practice of structural equation modeling in applied research."

• Chapter 1: IntroductionWhy Structural Equation Modeling?The Remainder of This BookChapter 2: Structural Equation Models: Theory and DevelopmentThe Process of Structural Equation ModelingChapter 3: Assessing Model FitAbsolute FitComparative FitParsimonious FitToward a Strategy for Assessing Model FitChapter 4: Using MPlusThe Data FileThe Command FilePutting It All Together: Some Basic AnalysesChapter 5: Confirmatory Factor AnalysisModel SpecificationIdentificationEstimationAssessment of FitModel ModificationSample Results SectionChapter 6: Observed Variable Path AnalysisModel SpecificationIdentificationEstimationMediationUsing Equality ConstraintsMultisample AnalysisChapter 7: Latent Variable Path AnalysisModel SpecificationSample ResultsChapter 8: Longitudinal AnalysisMeasurement Equivalence Across TimeLatent Growth CurvesCross-Lagged ModelsChapter 9: Multilevel ModelingMultilevel Models in MplusConditional ModelsRandom-Slope ModelsMultilevel Modeling and Mediation