A comparison of methods to test mediation and other intervening variable effects

Psychological Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-104

  MacKinnon, David P ^a   Lockwood, Chondra M ^b   Hoffman, Jeanne M ^b   West, Stephen G ^b   Sheets, Virgil ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85035930668     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.7.1.83     Document Type: Article

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