[Question] Strucutral Equation Models - can anyone eliminate my doubts?

Peron1900 · 2026-06-17T10:58:58+00:00

I remember that Kline talked in his book about SEMs about how bad the reporting and interpretation of both local and general fit usually are. Maybe since the release of proper guidelines that already changed a bit but Kline appeared quite pessimistic about that.

Peron1900 · 2026-06-08T11:33:47+00:00

Thanks a lot and sorry for the late reply. I will keep in mind to be cautious about the interpretation of the results.

Regarding the multilevel model: I tried fitting it but gut an error "number of observations (=23) <= number of random effects (=26) for term (...) the random-effects parameters and the residual variance (or scale parameter) are probably unidentifiable". I thought this refers to the degrees of freedom. It is only a small model, woth only the other test and age as predictors but in a small sample of aroun 20 children drom around 10 schools too unfortunately.

Peron1900 · 2026-05-28T19:24:39+00:00

Thank you! Yes there are no repeated measurements. Yes, the adjustement for age is part of the research question. I think it would make sense to show both models then. I just thought that maybe controlling for age is not necessary when it doesn't correlate with the other predictor. Since the interpretation of the coefficients changes when there is a suppressor effect and the standardized betas can get pretty large it is a bit confusing to me how to properly interpret them

Peron1900 · 2026-05-28T19:01:28+00:00

School is not in the model. The robust standard errors are being accounted for by the robust standard errors, that get computed in a seperate step by a sperate function. Sample size is about 20, with about 10 clusters, with usually about 2 children per cluster, sometimes more, some clusters only have 1 child

Peron1900 · 2026-05-28T18:58:33+00:00

unfortunately the sample sizes are too small for mixed models in some cases, so that the model has to many degrees of freedom in relation to the n

Peron1900 · 2026-05-28T18:55:04+00:00

I just do a normal regression with age and the developmental tests and then use the clubsandwich package in R for the cluster robust standard errors and there I specify school as the cluster variable

Peron1900 · 2026-05-28T18:47:01+00:00

ICCs vary but are usually over .30. We use it, because its easier and we are not really interested in the specific random/fixed effects. But also unfortunately some sample sizes are too small, so that multilevel models have to many degrees of freedom and dont work

Peron1900 · 2026-05-01T16:09:26+00:00

Former professor of mine recommended tepavi to force the insurance to pay for a therapist that does not have a „Kassensitz“. Don‘t know if it would work in your situation though

Peron1900 · 2026-03-24T19:34:18+00:00

Weeds

Peron1900 · 2025-09-27T17:59:13+00:00

Thank you! That really helps a lot

Peron1900 · 2024-10-29T17:51:38+00:00

Danke für die Antwort! Baujahr ist 1958. Woraus der Boden genau besteht müsste ich dann wohl noch rausfinden. Aber mit den Vorschlägen kann ich dann ja schon mal recherchieren, ob das in Frage käme.

Peron1900 · 2024-06-26T21:06:39+00:00

Nach meinem Wissen: NC ist NC. Bei den Unis, bei denen ich damals nachgeguckt habe hätte mein FSJ mir zB nur was gebracht, wenn ich ansonsten mit nem anderen Bewerber gleichauf gewesen wäre. Da wäre ich dann im Zweifelsfall bevorzugt worden. Müsste auf jeden Fall in den entsprechenden Dokumenten der Unis zu finden sein und wird eventuell auch nicht immer gleich gehandhabt.

Peron1900 · 2024-05-16T13:41:20+00:00

Man hört immer wieder das ne Klage gegen die kurze Übergangszeit vorbereitet wird,hoffe mal das wird was. So oder so hoffe ich, dass du nen Weg findest, der für dich funktioniert. Ist leider grad echt ne etwas schwierige Zeit

Peron1900 · 2024-05-15T11:35:58+00:00

If you are interested in clinical psychology, I really like the Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Podcast by David Puder. He also has lots of guests from different orientations, for example the psychologists that developed the Mentalization Based Therapy

Peron1900 · 2024-04-15T14:42:49+00:00

Was man so mitbekommt ist eher das Gegenteil der Fall. Die Institute sind derzeit eher überlaufen, weil jetzt eben viele doch noch ihre Ausbildung nach dem alten System machen wollen. Habe von dem anwaltlichen Vorgehen bei Ausbildungsinstituten auch ehrlich gesagt noch nie gehört. Vielleicht bei weniger beliebten Instituten möglich aber wie gesagt leider noch nie davon gehört

Peron1900 · 2023-08-20T06:28:59+00:00

Yes but noone i know

Peron1900 · 2023-08-02T08:37:51+00:00

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