Evolution and Simplification of the Approaches to Estimating Structural Equation Models with Latent Interaction
潜变量交互效应建模方法演变与简化

Recent researches on structural equation modeling with latent interaction were reviewed.The processes of simplification of the modeling were discussed from the three aspects:the strategies of creating product indicators,the approaches of constraining parameters,and the requirement of the mean structure and its relation to indicator-centering.The unconstrained model without using the mean structure was recommended,and the steps for the modeling were summarized.