Figure 3. Discriminant analysis using the SEM MIMIC approach. V_duumy 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. For M_I, the paths between the coping scales and F₁ represent the weights applied to scales to form a linear combination that maximally differentiate the adolescents with married parents and those with recently divorced parents. For M_C, the paths between the coping scales and the grouping variable (mediated by F₁) are constrained to 0, not allowing the scales to differentiate groups.