Hello,
I have run a mediation model using SEM to test whether the relationship between the predictor 'psai_30mst' and the outcome 'ptsd_score' is mediated by the latent variables 'Self' and 'Mother' (while adjusted for mum_edu and ethnicity):
The results of this are shown in the attached Image 1.
I have then entered 'estat teffects' to get the direct, indirect and total effects. But the direct effects I get here are not the same as the results I got for these paths in image 1 (results shown in Image 2). So I am unsure which are the correct path coefficients.
I have tried running 'estat teffects, stand' as I thought it might be due to standardization, but this gives the same results as 'estat teffects'
I wondered if anyone knows why I might be getting different results here.
Thanks,
Anna
Image 1:
Image 2:
I have run a mediation model using SEM to test whether the relationship between the predictor 'psai_30mst' and the outcome 'ptsd_score' is mediated by the latent variables 'Self' and 'Mother' (while adjusted for mum_edu and ethnicity):
Code:
sem (ptsd_score <- psai_30mst mum_edu ethnicity Mother Self) (Self Mother <- psai_30mst mum_edu ethnicity) (sexual_abuse_ever_combined_yn_re phsyical_abuse_ever_lifeevents_c emotional_abuse_ever_combined_yn phsyical_abuse_ever_parents_comb <-Mother) (ypb8002 ypb8003 ypb8006 ypb8007 ypb8000 ypb8001 ypb8004 ypb8005 ypb8052 ypb8053 ypb8056 ypb8057 ypb8050 ypb8051 ypb8054 ypb8055<-Self), latent(Self Mother) method(mlmv) stand
I have then entered 'estat teffects' to get the direct, indirect and total effects. But the direct effects I get here are not the same as the results I got for these paths in image 1 (results shown in Image 2). So I am unsure which are the correct path coefficients.
I have tried running 'estat teffects, stand' as I thought it might be due to standardization, but this gives the same results as 'estat teffects'
I wondered if anyone knows why I might be getting different results here.
Thanks,
Anna
Image 1:
Image 2:
