To cite lessSEM in publications, please cite the original publications on regularized SEM and the package.

To cite the package:

Orzek J (2023). lessSEM: Non-Smooth Regularization for Structural Equation Models. R package version 1.4, https://github.com/jhorzek/lessSEM.

Orzek J, Arnold M, Voelkle M (2023). “Striving for Sparsity: On Exact and Approximate Solutions in Regularized Structural Equation Models.” Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. doi:10.1080/10705511.2023.2189070.

Original publication on regularized SEM - 1

Jacobucci R, Grimm K, McArdle J (2016). “Regularized structural equation modeling.” Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 23(4), 555-566. doi:10.1080/10705511.2016.1154793.

Original publication on regularized SEM - 2

Huang P, Chen H, Weng L (2017). “A penalized likelihood method for structural equation modeling.” Psychometrika, 82(2), 329-354. doi:10.1007/s11336-017-9566-9.

For multi-group models, please cite:

Huang P (2018). “A penalized likelihood method for multi-group structural equation modelling.” British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 71(3), 499-522. doi:10.1111/bmsp.12130.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {lessSEM: Non-Smooth Regularization for Structural Equation
      Models},
    author = {Jannik H. Orzek},
    year = {2023},
    url = {https://github.com/jhorzek/lessSEM},
    note = {R package version 1.4},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Striving for Sparsity: On Exact and Approximate Solutions
      in Regularized Structural Equation Models},
    author = {Jannik H. Orzek and Manuel Arnold and Manuel C. Voelkle},
    journal = {Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary
      Journal},
    year = {2023},
    doi = {10.1080/10705511.2023.2189070},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Regularized structural equation modeling},
    author = {Ross Jacobucci and Kevin J. Grimm and John J. McArdle},
    journal = {Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary
      Journal},
    year = {2016},
    volume = {23},
    number = {4},
    pages = {555-566},
    doi = {10.1080/10705511.2016.1154793},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A penalized likelihood method for structural equation
      modeling},
    author = {Po-Hsien Huang and Hung Chen and Li-Jen Weng},
    journal = {Psychometrika},
    year = {2017},
    volume = {82},
    number = {2},
    pages = {329-354},
    doi = {10.1007/s11336-017-9566-9},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A penalized likelihood method for multi-group structural
      equation modelling},
    author = {Po-Hsien Huang},
    journal = {British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical
      Psychology},
    year = {2018},
    volume = {71},
    number = {3},
    pages = {499-522},
    doi = {10.1111/bmsp.12130},
  }