Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling

Author: Enrico Perinelli
Affiliation: Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento
Email: enrico.perinelli@unitn.it
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Overview

PhD Course "Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling".
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento (Italy).
PhD programme in Psychology and Cognitive Science.

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Repository Structure

• The file Intro-SEM_YYYY denotes the most recent updated version of the presentation.
• The folder exerc_MPlus includes material for exercises on Mplus.
• The folder intro_EFA includes a Quarto document (.qmd) with a corresponding .html file, illustrating statistical principels and R codes concerning Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA).
• The file lavaan_example.R is an R script for executing Structural Equation Models in lavaan.

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Feedback and Contributions

If you find errors in the slides, R scripts, references, license, etc., please contact me directly at enrico.perinelli@unitn.it. Feedback is very welcome!

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License

This work is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Read more: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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Course Usage History

• 2025-2026 - June 4, 5, 10, 12, 19, 2026 (15h)
• 2024-2025 - December 5, 6, 12, 13, 18, 2024 (15h)
• 2023-2024 - January 11, 12, 18, 19, 26, 2024 (15h)
• 2022-2023 - February 2, 3, 9, 10, 24, 2023 (15h)
• 2021-2022 - February 10, 11, 24, 25, 2022 (12h)
• 2020-2021 - March 5, 12, 17, 26, 2021 (12h)
• 2019-2020 - June 12, 18, 23, 25, 2020 (12h)
• 2018-2019 - June 25, July 2, 2019 (6h)