Multiple-group analysis approach to testing group difference in indirect effects

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 484-493

  Ryu, Ehri ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect effect; Mediation; Moderated indirect effect; Multiple group analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROUP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROUPS; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL;

EID: 84939881526     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-014-0485-8     Document Type: Article

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