Two-condition within-participant statistical mediation analysis: A path-analytic framework

Psychological Methods

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 6-27

  Montoya, Amanda K ^a   Hayes, Andrew F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect effect; Mediation; Path analysis; Resampling methods; Within participant design

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CASE REPORT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HUMAN; MEDIATOR; PATH ANALYSIS; PSYCINFO; STATISTICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 84976510870     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/met0000086     Document Type: Article

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