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

被引：7163

作者：

MacKinnon, DP ^{[1
]}

Lockwood, CM ^{[1
]}

Hoffman, JM ^{[1
]}

West, SG ^{[1
]}

Sheets, V ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Arizona State Univ, Dept Psychol, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA

来源：

PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS | 2002年 / 7卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1037/1082-989X.7.1.83

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

A Monte Carlo study compared 14 methods to test the statistical significance of the intervening variable effect. An intervening variable (mediator) transmits the effect of an independent variable to a dependent variable. The commonly used R. M. Baron and D. A. Kenny (1986) approach has low statistical power. Two methods based on the distribution of the product and 2 difference-in-coefficients methods have the most accurate Type I error rates and greatest statistical power except in I important case in which Type I error rates are too high. The best balance of Type I error and statistical power across all cases is the test of the joint significance of the two effects comprising the intervening variable effect.

引用

页码：83 / 104

页数：22

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