Bootstarapping works almost everywhere you can use resampling. See:

https://www.google.com/search?ei=8jOvXrHZGJC8tAbP25ewCg&q=when+will+bootstrapping+work&oq=when+will+bootstrapping+work&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIGCAAQFhAeOgQIABBHOgIIADoOCAAQ6gIQtAIQmgEQ5QI6BQgAEJECOggIABCDARCRAjoFCAAQgwE6BAgAEEM6BAgAEAo6BAgAEA06BAghEAo6BQghEKsCUPLbggRY09-DBGCh54MEaABwAngDgAH9AYgBziiSAQY0Ni45LjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6sAEG&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwixmpaTzpjpAhUQHs0KHc_tBaYQ4dUDCAw&uact=5

and

https://www.google.com/search?ei=l1WvXvbQN5rJtQai4KHoDg&q=Is+there+any+evidence+%28paper%2C+book%29+which+shows+that+Bootstrapping+method+is+usable+on+in+Structural+equation+modelling&oq=Is+there+any+evidence+%28paper%2C+book%29+which+shows+that+Bootstrapping+method+is+usable+on+in+Structural+equation+modelling&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQDDoECAAQR1C9zwFYt9kCYJmPA2gAcAJ4AYABiQGIAb0FkgEDMS41mAEboAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwi2-LSe7pjpAhWaZM0KHSJwCO0Q4dUDCAw

Best, D. Booth

Stata's documentation for -bootstrap- includes multiple examples that do not involve SEM.

• https://www.stata.com/manuals/rbootstrap.pdf

Search for and read the following journal articles (they are all open access):

Lowry, P.B. & Gaskin, J. 2014. Partial Least Squares (PLS) Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for Building and Testing Behavioral Causal Theory: When to Choose It and How to Use It. IEEE Transactions On Professional Communication, 57(2):123-146.

Wang. J-L, Gaskin, J., Rost, D.H. & Gentile, D.A. 2017. The Reciprocal Relationship Between Passive Social Networking Site (SNS) Usage and Users’ Subjective Well-Being. Social Science Computer Review: 1-12.

Wang, J-L., Wang, H-Z., Gaskin, J. & Hawk, S. (2017) The Mediating Roles of Upward Social Comparison and Self-esteem and the Moderating Role of Social Comparison Orientation in the Association between Social Networking Site Usage and Subjective Well-Being. Front. Psychol., 8:771.

Also refer to Prof James Gaskin website for more information on bootstrapping methods:

http://statwiki.kolobkreations.com/index.php?search=bootstrapping&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go

Hi Farheen,

I recommend these two chapters:

Hancock, G.R., & Liu, M. (2012), Bootstrapping standard errors and data-model fit statistics. In R. H. Hoyle (ed.), Handbook of structural equation modeling (pp. 296-306). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Byrne, B.M (2016). Structural equation modeling with Amos (Chapter 12: Use of bootstrapping in addressing nonnormal data. New York, NY: Routledge.

Best,

Roberto

Structural Equation Modeling with Amos Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming Barbara M. Byrne 2013

Multivariate Data Analysis Joseph F. Hair, Jr.William C. Black Barry J. Babin Rolph E. Anderson (2019)