Structural equation modeling of mediation and moderation with contextual factors

Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 207-230

  Little, Todd D ^a   Card, Noel A ^b   Bovaird, James A ^c   Preacher, Kristopher J ^a   Crandall, Christian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84925794484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936825     Document Type: Chapter

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