Social media use may reflect stress relief and belonging more than habit

There is an assumption that social media use is mainly habitual or driven by addiction-like mechanisms, but findings ...
Times of Malta

The historical development of structural equation modelling (SEM)

Latent factors are variables that cannot be observed directly but can be inferred from a set of observable variables. For example, in psychology, bad conduct (latent factor) can be measured by how ...
University of Bristol

REALCOM: Developing multilevel models for REAListically COMplex social science data

This software specialises in three areas: models with responses at several levels of a data hierarchy, multilevel structural equation models, and measurement error ...
Nature

The central roles of obesity-associated dyslipidaemia, endothelial activation and cytokines in the Metabolic Syndrome—an analysis by structural equation modelling

Hypothesis: The multi-faceted components of the metabolic syndrome now include markers of inflammation and endothelial activation. Despite this growing body of epidemiological data, standard ...
Warc

Measure brand equity with structural equations modelling

Brand equity is one of the more popular concepts in marketing today. It is loosely defined as: 'The added value that a brand brings to a product or service beyond the functional benefits provided.