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Mediation Analysis in Social Psychology: Current Practices and New Recommendations

Rucker, Derek D., Preacher, Kristopher J., Tormala, Zakary L., Petty, Richard E.·2011·Social and Personality Psychology Compass

DOI 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00355.x

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A key aim of social psychology is to understand the psychological processes through which independent variables affect dependent variables in the social domain. This objective has given rise to statistical methods for mediation analysis. In mediation analysis, the significance of the relationship between the independent and dependent variables has been integral in theory testing, being used as a basis to determine (1) whether to proceed with analyses of mediation and (2) whether one or several proposed mediator(s) fully or partially accounts for an effect. Synthesizing past research and offering new arguments, we suggest that the collective evidence raises considerable concern that the focus on the significance between the independent and dependent variables, both before and after mediation tests, is unjustified and can impair theory development and testing. To expand theory involving social psychological processes, we argue that attention in mediation analysis should be shifted towards assessing the magnitude and significance of indirect effects.

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Authors: Rucker, D. D., Preacher, K. J., Tormala, Z. L., & Petty, R. E.
Affiliations: Northwestern University (US)
University of Kansas (US)
Stanford University (US)
The Ohio State University (US)
ORCID: Rucker, Derek D.
Preacher, Kristopher J.
Tormala, Zakary L.
Petty, Richard E.
Venue: Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011-06
Volume: 5
Issue: 6
Pages: 359-371
ISSN: 1751-9004 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00355.x
OpenAlex: W2160326831
Cited by: 2,430
References: 29
Citations by year: 2026: 142 · 2025: 166 · 2024: 152 · 2023: 159 · 2022: 193 · 2021: 248 · 2020: 199 · 2019: 190 · 2018: 170 · 2017: 182 · 2016: 193 · 2015: 149 · 2014: 138 · 2013: 96 · 2012: 42
FWCI: 79.37
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Social and Personality Psychology Compass (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Keywords: mediation analysis, indirect effects, significance testing, theory testing, theory development, social psychological processes, statistical power, effect size

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