This study investigated the contributions of 5 mechanisms to the effects of preschool participation in the Child-Parent Centers for 1,404 low-income children in the Chicago Longitudinal Study. Based on a matched-group design, preschool participation was associated with significantly higher rates of educational attainment and lower rates of juvenile arrest. LISREL analysis revealed that the prim...

This study aims to find out and analyze the factors that affect tendency of accounting fraud at BUMN banks in Kuningan Regency. uses descriptive verifiative methods. Sampled this as many 95 employees The data analysis technique used is multiple regression using Lisrel. results showed information asymmetry has a positive effect on fraud, spiritual intelligence negatively affects morality leaders...

This paper examines the economic segmentation model in explaining 1985-86 Japanese interregional migration. The analysis takes advantage of statistical graphic techniques to illustrate the following substantive issues of interregional migration: (1) to examine whether economic segmentation significantly influences Japanese regional migration and (2) to explain socioeconomic characteristics of p...

After years of stagnancy, PLS path modeling has recently attracted renewed interest from applied researchers in marketing. At the same time, the availability of software alternatives to Lohmöller’s LVPLS package has considerably increased (PLS-Graph, PLS-GUI, SPAD-PLS, SmartPLS). To help the user to make an informed decision, the existing programs are reviewed; their strengths and weaknesses ar...

Riassunto: Scopo di questo lavoro è proporre un indice globale di bontà dell’adattamento per i modelli ad equazioni strutturali stimati mediante il metodo PLS. Al momento gli indici comunemente utilizzati in questo ambito sono la comunalità (bontà di adattamento del modello esterno) e la ridondanaza (qualità del modello interno). Si propone un indice che, alla stregua del test del chi-quadro e ...

Annually in the United States, 1 to 5 million older adults, 65 and above, are physically or sexually injured or mistreated by their caregivers in family settings. This study examined the prevalence and risk factors involved in elder physical abuse by adult child caregivers, moving from the immediate elderly parent/adult child relationship context to more distal social support contexts, utilizin...

The new software package OpenMx 2.0 for structural equation and other statistical modeling is introduced and its features are described. OpenMx is evolving in a modular direction and now allows a mix-and-match computational approach that separates model expectations from fit functions and optimizers. Major backend architectural improvements include a move to swappable open-source optimizers suc...

The relations between perceived support of autonomy from coaches, characteristics of personal goals, and emotional well-being from the perspective of self-determination theory was examined among 95 elite athletes (59% men; M = 21.6 yr., SD = 6.1) from Track and Field, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Taekwondo, and Power Lifting. Elite athletes were those representing their country in their sport. It was...

This study explored the use of complementary therapies that patients pursued after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and its relation to psychological recovery, particularly postoperative distress. Information about post-CABG Surgery depression and general distress, health-care practice thereafter, perceived social support, and chronic conditions other than cardiac disease was gathere...

Mathematical Creative Thinking Ability is a means of finding solutions and solving problems universally. This study aims to analyze students' mathematical creative thinking skills after the covid-19 pandemic. The research subjects were 100 SMA/MA students in DIY. method used descriptive quantitative assisted by LISREL program. analytical tool structural equation modeling dimensions which consis...