Figure 2. MANOVA using the SEM MIMIC approach. V_dummy is a 0-1 grouping variable with 0 being asthmatics with married parents and 1 being asthmatics with recently divorced parents. V₁ through V₄ are the disengagement, denial, problem-focused coping, and seeking social support scales, respectively. The values on the paths between the grouping variable and scales represent the estimated population effects of the grouping variable on the scales; that is, the estimated differences between scale means for asthmatics with married parents and asthmatics with recently divorced parents. For M_I, these values are unconstrained and are estimated differences between the scale means for the adolescents with married parents and those with recently divorced parents. For M_C, these estimates are constrained to 0.