Path Analysis: A Link between Family Theory and Reseach.
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| Title: | Path Analysis: A Link between Family Theory and Reseach. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Rank, Mark R., Sabatelli, Ronald M., Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Center for Demography and Ecology. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 1982 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Inst. of Child Health and Human Development (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Center for Population Research. |
| Contract Number: | HD-05876 |
| Document Type: | Information Analyses Reports - General Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Descriptors: | Counseling Techniques, Crisis Intervention, Divorce, Family Counseling, Family Relationship, Individual Power, Models, Path Analysis, Predictor Variables, Research Methodology, Social Science Research, State of the Art Reviews |
| Geographic Terms: | U.S.; Wisconsin |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses path analysis and the applicability of this methodology to the field of family studies. The statistical assumptions made in path analysis are presented along with a description of the two types of models within path analysis, i.e., recursive and non-recursive. Methods of calculating in the path model and the advantages of using the path model over multiple regression are presented in a series of tables which illustrate each step in the process. The second section of the paper discusses the application of path analysis to family studies in three situations: family crisis, divorce, and marital power. Characteristics of each of the three hypothetical situations are described in detail and the path model of research for each situation is discussed and graphically illustrated in accompanying figures. The conclusion emphasizes path analysis as the link providing the needed reciprocity between theory and research. (MCF) |
| Notes: | Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations (Washington, DC, October 13-16, 1982). |
| Journal Code: | RIEAUG1983 |
| Entry Date: | 1983 |
| Accession Number: | ED227406 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses path analysis and the applicability of this methodology to the field of family studies. The statistical assumptions made in path analysis are presented along with a description of the two types of models within path analysis, i.e., recursive and non-recursive. Methods of calculating in the path model and the advantages of using the path model over multiple regression are presented in a series of tables which illustrate each step in the process. The second section of the paper discusses the application of path analysis to family studies in three situations: family crisis, divorce, and marital power. Characteristics of each of the three hypothetical situations are described in detail and the path model of research for each situation is discussed and graphically illustrated in accompanying figures. The conclusion emphasizes path analysis as the link providing the needed reciprocity between theory and research. (MCF) |
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