Citation
Bollen, Kenneth A.; Fisher, Zachary F.; Lilly, Adam G.; Brehm, Christopher; Luo, Lan; Martinez, Alejandro; & Ye, Ai (2022). Fifty Years of Structural Equation Modeling: A History of Generalization, Unification, and Diffusion. Social Science Research, 107, 102769. PMCID: PMC10029695Abstract
In 1972, the birth year of Social Science Research (SSR), Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was experiencing a decade-long rebirth, moving from its origins in genetics to social and behavioral sciences. University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) sociologist H.M. Blalock (1964 [1961]) published his highly influential book on Causal Inferences in Nonexperimental Research. Sociologist Otis Dudley Duncan (1966) reinforced and extended the awareness of Sewall Wright’s (1921) path analysis technique, demonstrating how path analysis could further the understanding of causal relations between variables. Soon SEM spread even further in social and behavioral sciences. Blalock’s (1971) edited book Causal Models in the Social Sciences collected causal inference papers from a variety of disciplines. Goldberger and Duncan’s (1973).URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102769Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2022Journal Title
Social Science ResearchAuthor(s)
Bollen, Kenneth A.Fisher, Zachary F.
Lilly, Adam G.
Brehm, Christopher
Luo, Lan
Martinez, Alejandro
Ye, Ai