Mediation analysis with structural equation models: Combining theory, design, and statistics

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 460-481

  Danner, Daniel ^a   Hagemann, Dirk ^b   Fiedler, Klaus ^b  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84937073941     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2106     Document Type: Article

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