Lower Level Mediation in Multilevel Models

Psychological Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-128

  Kenny, David A ^a   Korchmaros, Josephine D ^a   Bolger, Niall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141752952     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.8.2.115     Document Type: Review

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