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Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis

MacKinnon, David P.·2012·Routledge eBooks

DOI 10.4324/9780203809556

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This volume introduces the statistical, methodological, and conceptual aspects of mediation analysis. Applications from health, social, and developmental psychology, sociology, communication, exercise science, and epidemiology are emphasized throughout. Single-mediator, multilevel, and longitudinal models are reviewed. The author's goal is to help the reader apply mediation analysis to their own data and understand its limitations. Each chapter features an overview, numerous worked examples, a summary, and exercises (with answers to the odd numbered questions). The accompanying CD contains outputs described in the book from SAS, SPSS, LISREL, EQS, MPLUS, and CALIS, and a program to simulate the model. The notation used is consistent with existing literature on mediation in psychology. The book opens with a review of the types of research questions the mediation model addresses. Part II describes the estimation of mediation effects including assumptions, statistical tests, and the construction of confidence limits. Advanced models including mediation in path analysis, longitudinal models, multilevel data, categorical variables, and mediation in the context of moderation are then described. The book closes with a discussion of the limits of mediation analysis, additional approaches to identifying mediating variables, and future directions. Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis is intended for researchers and advanced students in health, social, clinical, and developmental psychology as well as communication, public health, nursing, epidemiology, and sociology. Some exposure to a graduate level research methods or statistics course is assumed. The overview of mediation analysis and the guidelines for conducting a mediation analysis will be appreciated by all readers.

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Method
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“The statistical package Mplus 8 (Muthén & Muthén, 2017) is used to estimate the structural models with the WLSMV estimator for non-normal data (MacKinnon, 2008).”
Method
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Mediators and moderators of chronic pain outcomes in an online self-management program.
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Tests of mediation: Paradoxical decline in statistical power as a function of mediator collinearity
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“…were only available for the MBCT group, we were unable to complete a formal mediation analysis wherein a set of linear models tests whether the relationship of type of treatment received to outcome is accounted for the change in variable which, in turn, affects the outcome (MacKinnon 2008).”
Method
Risk of large for gestational age births at early, full and late term in relation to pre-pregnancy body mass index: Mediation by gestational diabetes status
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New approaches for estimation of effect sizes and their confidence intervals for treatment effects from randomized controlled trials
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Childhood interparental conflict and HPA axis activity in young adulthood: Examining nonlinear relations
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Long-term effects of a universal family intervention: Mediation through parent-adolescent conflict
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Maternal perceived work schedule flexibility predicts child sleep mediated by bedtime routines
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Inflammatory bowel disease: The harmful mechanism of experiential avoidance for patients’ quality of life
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Mediators of the association of major depressive syndrome and anxiety syndrome with postpartum smoking relapse.
Correa-Fernández, V., Ji, L., Castro, Y., Heppner, W. L., Vidrine, J. I., Costello, T. J., Mullen, P. D., Cofta-Woerpel, L., Velasquez, M. M., Greisinger, A., et al. (2012) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0027532 · Cited by 31
Mediators of Change in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Clinical Burnout
Santoft, F., Salomonsson, S., Hesser, H., Lindsäter, E., Ljótsson, B., Lekander, M., Kecklund, G., Öst, L.-G., & Hedman-Lagerlöf, E. (2019) · Behavior Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.beth.2018.08.005 · Cited by 31
Exploring Connections Between Moderators and Mediators: Commentary on Subgroup Analyses in Intervention Research
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Marital conflict in early childhood and adolescent disordered eating: Emotional insecurity about the marital relationship as an explanatory mechanism
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Improving the effectiveness of computer-delivered personalized drinking feedback interventions for college students.
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Recovery from recurrent depression: randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of mindfulness-based compassionate living compared with treatment-as-usual on depressive symptoms and its consolidation at longer term follow-up
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Intergenerational associations in physical maltreatment: Examination of mediation by delinquency and substance use, and moderated mediation by anger
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Examining the mediating effect of work-to-family conflict on the associations between job stressors and employee psychological distress: a prospective cohort study
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The (Lack of) Replication of Self-Reported Mindfulness as a Mechanism of Change in Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorders
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Self-citation
Autonomy-connectedness mediates sex differences in symptoms of psychopathology
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Radically open dialectical behaviour therapy for refractory depression: the RefraMED RCT
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Effects of the Family Bereavement Program on academic outcomes, educational expectations and job aspirations 6 years later: The mediating role of parenting and youth mental health problems
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Intervention engagement moderates the dose-response relationships in a dietary intervention
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Authors: MacKinnon, D. P.
Affiliations: Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author: MacKinnon, David P.
ORCID: MacKinnon, David P.
Venue: Routledge eBooks
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-10-02
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809556
OpenAlex: W1640894779
Cited by: 5,618
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 99 · 2025: 249 · 2024: 277 · 2023: 321 · 2022: 321 · 2021: 397 · 2020: 424 · 2019: 386 · 2018: 357 · 2017: 344 · 2016: 343 · 2015: 399 · 2014: 415 · 2013: 361 · 2012: 307
FWCI: 120.65
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords: mediation analysis, mediating effect, path analysis, multilevel mediation, longitudinal mediation, categorical variables, moderation, confidence limits

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