Estimating and testing mediation and moderation in within-subject designs

• Published in: Psychological methods Vol. 6; no. 2; p. 115
• Main Authors: Judd, C M, Kenny, D A, McClelland, G H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2001
• Subjects: Data Interpretation, Statistical; Humans; Mental Disorders - therapy; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) - statistics & numerical data

Analyses designed to detect mediation and moderation of treatment effects are increasingly prevalent in research in psychology. The mediation question concerns the processes that produce a treatment effect. The moderation question concerns factors that affect the magnitude of that effect. Although a...