title: How to reduce space between 2 nodes that are above other node?
body: <p>How can I position Variable 2 and Variable 3 nodes so that they are closer together and above Variable 1?</p>
  <pre><code>\documentclass[jou]{apa7}
  \usepackage{tikz}
  \usepackage{fixltx2e}
  \usetikzlibrary{shapes, shadows, arrows}
  \usetikzlibrary{positioning}
  \tikzset{mynode/.style={shape=rectangle, draw, align=center}
  }
  
  \begin{document}
  
  \begin{figure*}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
  \node[mynode, text width=7cm,minimum height=1cm] (v1){Variable 1};
  \node[mynode,above left= 2cm of v1, text width = 4cm, minimum height = 1cm](v2) {Variable 2};
  \node[mynode,above right= 2cm of v1, text width=4cm, minimum height = 1cm] (v3){Variable 3};
  
  \draw[-latex] (v2.south) -- (v1.north);
  \draw[-latex] (v3.south) -- (v1.north);
  
  \end{tikzpicture}
  \end{figure*}
  
  \end{document}
  
  </code></pre>
  <p>What I get with the above code:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/F12ak.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/F12ak.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>I would like them to be positioned like this:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/abiQJ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/abiQJ.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>