Title: Structural Equation Modeling for Social Relations Models: The
R package srm

Authors: Alexander Robitzsch, Steffen Nestler, Oliver Lüdtke

Affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education; Centre
for International Student Assessment; University of Münster

Abstract:
The social relations model (SRM) is widely used in psychology to investigate
the components that underlie interpersonal perceptions, behaviors, and
judgments. SRM researchers are often interested in investigating the
multivariate relations between SRM effects. However, at present, it is not
possible to investigate such relations without relying on a two-step approach
that depends on potentially unreliable estimates of the true SRM effects. 

Here, we introduce a way to combine the SRM with the structural equation
modeling (SEM) framework and show how the parameters can be estimated with a
maximum likelihood approach. The estimation approach is implemented in the R
package srm. Some estimation details and the modeling setup of the R package
are presented.