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Dear Linda, I was wondering if there is a possibility to estimate non-linear (curvilinear) relations in SEM. It is not a growth model (as discussed previously in your Discussion Forum). I am aware of Quasi ML (Muthen, Klein), however, I am not sure if you integrated this approach in Mplus. Is there a syntax that accounts for curvilinear relations at one given point of time? Thanks for your help! Achim |
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Yes, latent variable interactions are available with full-information maximum likelihood using the XWITH command. See also Example 5.7 which is non-linear CFA. |
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Linda, thanks for your prompt reply! |
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Dear Linda, I'm wondering whether it's possible in mplus to test whether a relationship has an inverted u-shape? I'm getting an unexpected negative relationship that I would like to test and I'm trying to figure out the correct syntax for such a situation. Always thankful for your help, |
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The best model I can think of to test that would be a quadratic growth model. |
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Thank you Linda! I'll try that out! I haven't been working that much with LGM but I'll come to your course in Barcelona! |
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Is it also possible to specify other polynomials for the relationship of two latent variables, i.e. comparing different types of nonlinear relationships to find out which specification results in the best fit? Thank for any help, Jonas |
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Can you be more specific about what you mean? |
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I understand that the XWITH command allows to define quadratic relations. Would it also be possible to define a relationship of 2 latents in the form of y=a0+a1*x+a2*x^2+a3*x^3 or even polynomials of higher degree? Is there any way to test this? (I am aware that this would be theoretically justifiable in only few cases.) Thanks, Jonas |
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You can do the following: xx | x XWITH x; xxx | x XWITH xx; xxxx | x XWITH xxx; etc. |
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