Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM)

ESEM Theory

• Asparouhov, T. & Muthén, B. (2009). Exploratory structural equation modeling. Structural Equation Modeling, 16, 397-438. Contact the second author. Paper can be downloaded from here.
  
  

ESEM Applications

• Morin, A.J.S., Marsh, H.W., & Nagengast, B. (2013). Chapter 10. Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling. In Hancock, G. R., & Mueller, R. O. (Eds.). (2013). Structural equation modeling: A second course (2nd ed.). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Contact the first author. Supplemental materials can be downloaded from here and here.
  
  
• Marsh, H. W., Nagengast, B., & Morin, A. J. S. (2012). Measurement invariance of big-five factors over the life span: ESEM tests of gender, age, plasticity, maturity, and La Dolce Vita effects. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0026913. Contact the first author. Paper can be downloaded from here.
  
  
• Marsh, H. W., Lüdtke, O., Muthén, B., Asparouhov, T., Morin, A. J. S., Trautwein, U. & Nagengast, B. (2010). A new look at the big-five factor structure through exploratory structural equation modeling. Psychological Assessment, 22, 471-491. Contact the first author. Paper can be downloaded from here.
  
  
• Marsh, H.W., Muthén, B., Asparouhov, A., Lüdtke, O., Robitzsch, A., Morin, A.J.S., & Trautwein, U. (2009). Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling, Integrating CFA and EFA: Application to Students' Evaluations of University Teaching. Structural Equation Modeling, 16, 439-476. Contact the first author. Paper can be downloaded from here.
  
  
• Exploratory structural equation modeling. Recorded May 2, 2008. Click here to download the pdf and watch the movie.
  
  
• Click here for the Version 5.1 Language Addendum and Examples Addendum covering ESEM.