Frontiers | On the Interpretation and Use of Mediation ...
www.frontiersin.org › articles › 10Nov 15, 2017 · Mediation analysis has become a very popular approach in psychology, and it is one that is associated with multiple perspectives that are often at odds, often implicitly. Explicitly discussing these perspectives and their motivations, advantages, and disadvantages can help to provide clarity to conversations and research regarding the use and refinement of mediation models. We discuss five ...
Chapter 14: Mediation and Moderation
https://ademos.people.uic.edu/Chapter14.htmlMediation analysis tests a hypothetical causal chain where one variable X affects a second variable M and, in turn, that variable affects a third variable Y. Mediators describe the how or why of a (typically well-established) relationship between two other variables and are sometimes called intermediary variables since they often describe the process through which an effect …