Multiple regression	Structural Equation Modeling
Number of variables	Only one dependent variable	Several variables
Type of variables	A variable can be either a predictor or an outcome	A variable can be either observed (being endogenous or exogenous) or latent (= unmeasurable)
Theoretical content	Descriptive	Confirmatory
Purpose/use	Exploratory studies	Evaluation of multivariate hypotheses
		Explanatory analyses
Method specificities	Examination of 1-to-1 causal relationships	Examination of networks of causal relationships