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 Fredrik Falkenström posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2020 - 6:38 am
I have a longitudinal DSEM (T = 16) mediation model with two mediators, including feedback from the outcome variable to the mediators, and I would like to calculate the total, total direct, and total indirect effects. In wide format SEM I would just type e.g. Model Indirect: Y16 IND X1, but in DSEM this is not possible. Since there are literally hundreds of indirect effects in my model, is there any way of automating these calculations using Model Constraint? If not, do you know of any other software/spreadsheet etc. that could be helpful for this?

Best regards,

Fredrik Falkenström
 Tihomir Asparouhov posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2020 - 4:24 pm
Most effects would rapidly diminish (as lag increases), so even if you have hundreds, most of them are practically 0.

Also consider switching to RDSEM where the situation is much simpler.
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