Testing Mediation in Structural Equation Modeling: The Effectiveness of the Test of Joint Significance

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 339-351

  Leth Steensen, Craig ^a   Gallitto, Elena ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bias corrected bootstrapping; indirect effects; mediation; SEM; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960127343     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164415593777     Document Type: Article

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