Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis: A Regression-Based Approach

This book has been replaced by Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4903-0.

Table of Contents:
I. Fundamentals 1. Introduction 1.1. A Scientist in Training 1.2. Questions of Whether, If, How, and When 1.3. Conditional Process Analysis 1.4. Correlation, Causality, and Statistical Modeling 1.5. Statistical and Conceptual Diagrams, and Antecedent and Consequent Variables 1.6. Statistical Software 1.7. Overview of This Book 1.8. Chapter Summary 2. Fundamentals of Linear Regression Analysis 2.1. Correlation and Prediction 2.2. The Simple Linear Regression Model 2.3. Alternative Explanations for Association 2.4. Multiple Linear Regression 2.5. Measures of Model Fit 2.6. Statistical Inference 2.7. Multicategorical Antecedent Variables 2.8. Assumptions for Interpretation and Statistical Inference 2.9. Chapter Summary II. Mediation Analysis 3. The Simple Mediation Model 3.1. The Simple Mediation Model 3.2. Estimation of the Direct, Indirect, and Total Effects of X 3.3. Example with Dichotomous X: The Influence of Presumed Media Influence 3.4. Statistical Inference 3.5. An Example with Continuous X: Economic Stress among Small-Business Owners 3.6. Chapter Summary 4. Causal Steps, Confounding, and Causal Order 4.1. What about Baron and Kenny? 4.2. Confounding and Causal Order 4.3. Effect Size 4.4. Statistical Power 4.5. Multiple Xs or Ys: Analyze Separately or Simultaneously? 4.6. Chapter Summary 5. More Than One Mediator 5.1. The Parallel Multiple Mediator Model 5.2. Example Using the Presumed Media Influence Study 5.3. Statistical Inference 5.4. The Serial Multiple Mediator Model 5.5. Models With Parallel and Serial Mediation Properties 5.6. Complementarity and Competition among Mediators 5.7. Chapter Summary 6. Mediation Analysis with a Multicategorical Antecedent X 6.1. Relative Total, Direct, and Indirect Effects 6.2. An Example: Sex Discrimination in the Workplace 6.3. Using a Different Group Coding System 6.4. Some Miscellaneous Issues 6.5. Chapter Summary III. Moderation Analysis 7. Fundamentals of Moderation Analysis 7.1. Conditional and Unconditional Effects 7.2. An Example: Climate Change Disasters and Humanitarianism 7.3. Visualizing Moderation 7.4. Probing an Interaction 7.5. The Difference between Testing for Moderation and Probing It 7.6. Artificial Categorization and Subgroups Analysis 7.7. Chapter Summary 8. Extending the Fundamentals of Moderation Analysis 8.1. Moderation with a Dichotomous Moderator 8.2. Interaction between Two Quantitative Variables 8.3. Hierarchical versus Simultaneous Entry 8.4. The Equivalence between Moderated Regression Analysis and a 2 × 2 Factorial Analysis of Variance 8.5. Chapter Summary 9. Some Myths and Further Extensions of Moderation Analysis 9.1. Truths and Myths about Mean Centering 9.2. The Estimation and Interpretation of Standardized Regression Coefficients in a Moderation Analysis 9.3. A Caution on Manual Centering and Standardization 9.4. More than One Moderator 9.5. Comparing Conditional Effects 9.6. Chapter Summary 10. Multicategorical Focal Antecedents and Moderators 10.1. Moderation of the Effect of a Multicategorical Antecedent Variable 10.2. An Example from the Sex Discrimination in the Work Place Study 10.3. Visualizing the Model 10.4. Probing the Interaction 10.5. When the Moderator is Multicategorical 10.6. Using a Different Coding System 10.7. Chapter Summary IV. Conditional Process Analysis 11. Fundamentals of Conditional Process Analysis 11.1. Examples of Conditional Process Models in the Literature 11.2. Conditional Direct and Indirect Effects 11.3. Example: Hiding Your Feelings from Your Work Team 11.4. Estimation of a Conditional Process Model using PROCESS 11.5. Quantifying and Visualizing (Conditional) Indirect and Direct Effects 11.6. Statistical Inference 11.7. Chapter Summary 12. Further Examples of Conditional Process Analysis 12.1. Revisiting the Disaster Framing Study 12.2. Moderation of the Direct and Indirect Effects in a Conditional Process Model 12.3. Statistical Inference 12.4. Mediated Moderation 12.5. Chapter Summary 13. Conditional Process Analysis with a Multicategorical Antecedent 13.1. Revisiting Sexual Discrimination in the Work Place 13.2. Looking at the Components of the Indirect Effect of X 13.3. Relative Conditional Indirect Effects 13.4. Testing and Probing Moderation of Mediation 13.5. Relative Conditional Direct Effects 13.6. Putting It All Together 13.7. Chapter Summary V. Miscellanea 14. Miscellaneous Topics and Some Frequently Asked Questions 14.1. A Strategy for Approaching a Conditional Process Analysis 14.2. How Do I Write about This? 14.3. Should I Use Structural Equation Modeling Instead of Regression Analysis? 14.4. The Pitfalls of Subgroups Analysis 14.5. Can a Variable Simultaneously Mediate and Moderate Another Variable’s Effect? 14.6. Interaction between X and M in Mediation Analysis 14.7. Repeated Measures Designs 14.8. Dichotomous, Ordinal, Count, and Survival Outcomes 14.9. Chapter Summary Appendices Appendix A. Using PROCESS Appendix B. Constructing and Customizing Models in PROCESS Appendix C. Monte Carlo Confidence Intervals in SPSS and SAS References About the Author