| Mediation analysis: a retrospective snapshot of practice and more recent directions. | |
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PMID: 19350833 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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R. Baron and D. A. Kenny's (1986) paper introducing mediation analysis has been cited over 9,000 times, but concerns have been expressed about how this method is used. The authors review past and recent methodological literature and make recommendations for how to address 3 main issues: association, temporal order, and the no omitted variables assumption. The authors briefly visit the topics of reliability and the confirmatory-exploratory distinction. In addition, to provide a sense of the extent to which the earlier literature had been absorbed into practice, the authors examined a sample of 50 articles from 2002 citing R. Baron and D. A. Kenny and containing at least 1 mediation analysis via ordinary least squares regression. A substantial proportion of these articles included problematic reporting; as of 2002, there appeared to be room for improvement in conducting such mediation analyses. Future literature reviews will demonstrate the extent to which the situation has improved. |
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Authors:
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Lois A Gelfand; Janell L Mensinger; Thomas Tenhave |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of general psychology Volume: 136 ISSN: 0022-1309 ISO Abbreviation: J Gen Psychol Publication Date: 2009 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-04-08 Completed Date: 2009-05-11 Revised Date: 2011-09-26 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985111R Medline TA: J Gen Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 153-76 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. lgel@psych.upenn.edu |
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Community Psychiatry
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statistics & numerical data Humans Least-Squares Analysis Models, Statistical* Outcome Assessment (Health Care) / statistics & numerical data* Psychiatry / statistics & numerical data Psychology, Experimental / statistics & numerical data* Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data* Regression Analysis Reproducibility of Results |
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R01 MH078016-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; R01-MH-61892/MH/NIMH NIH HHS |
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