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Estimating Mediated Effects in Prevention Studies

Mackinnon, David P., Dwyer, James H.·1993·Evaluation Review
DOI 10.1177/0193841x9301700202
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The purpose of this article is to describe statistical procedures to assess how prevention and intervention programs achieve their effects. The analyses require the measurement of intervening or mediating variables hypothesized to represent the causal mechanism by which the prevention program achieves its effects. Methods to estimate mediation are illustrated in the evaluation of a health promotion program designed to reduce dietary cholesterol and a school-based drug prevention program. The methods are relatively easy to apply and the information gained from such analyses should add to our understanding of prevention.

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Authors
Mackinnon, D. P., & Dwyer, J. H.
Venue
Evaluation Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1993-04
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
144-158
ISSN
  • 0145-4692 (ISSN-L)
  • 0193-841X
  • 1552-3926
DOI
10.1177/0193841x9301700202
OpenAlex
W1989351453
Cited by
1,937
References
3
FWCI
6.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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