Analysis of Dynamic Psychological Systems [Hardcover]

Drawing on sources from a wide range of disciplines, this second volume of a two volume tutorial on systems theory focuses on methodological issues of structural equation modelling and the application of models to empirical analysis of behavioral and social problems.Systems and Systems Analysis; R.L. Levine, H.E. Fitzgerald. Methods: The Study of Dynamic Systems Using Structural Equation Analysis; L.E. Tetrick. Sensitivity of Parameters and Loop Structures; R.L. Levine, W. Lodwick. Psychological Scaling and Filtering of Errors in Empirical Systems; R.L. Levine, W. Lodwick. Parameter Estimation and Assessing Fit of Dynamic Models; R.L. Levine, W. Lodwick. Applications of Systems Approaches: Application of Living Systems Theory; J.G. Miller, J.L. Miller. Complex Organizations and Living Systems Theory; G.C. Ruscoe. General Systems in Psychiatric Disorder; I.W. Greenberg. The Block Booster Project; P. Florin, et al. A Multivariate Causal Analysis of Teenage Child Bearing; H.E. Fitzgerald, M.R. Roosa. A Theory of Service Delivery and its Application to the DropOut Phenomenon; G. Levin, E.B. Roberts. 4 additional articles. Index.