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Figure 5. Assessment of differences in factor means using the SEM MIMIC model. Vduumy 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. F1 and F2 are the avoidant and active coping factors, respectively. The values on the paths between Vduumy and the factors represent the estimated population effects of Vduumy on the factors, that is, the estimated differences between factor means for asthmatics with married parents and those with recently divorced parents. These effects are unconstrained for MI (i.e., may differ from 0) and are constrained to zero for MC. The values on the paths between the factors and the scales represent the estimated population effects of the factors on the scales. The values for the first and third scales are constrained to 1 to define the metric of the factors.
