Understanding and using mediators and moderators

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-392

  Wu, Amery D ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cause and effect; Experimental design; Mediated moderation; Mediator; Moderated mediation; Moderator; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 44649189861     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9143-1     Document Type: Article

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