Current Directions in Mediation Analysis

By David P. MacKinnon, Amanda J. Fairchild. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2009

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Mediating variables continue to play an important role in psychological theory and research. A mediating variable transmits the effect of an antecedent variable on to a dependent variable, thereby providing more detailed understanding of relations among variables. Methods to assess mediation have been an active area of research for the last two decades. This paper describes the current state of methods to investigate mediating variables.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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“I Put in Effort, Therefore I Am Passionate”: Investigating the Path from Effort to Passion in Entrepreneurship (2014, methodology): “This pattern of blocking and enhancing provides evidence for a mediating effect (MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009).”
Relational job crafting: Exploring the role of employee motives with a weekly diary study (2018, methodology): “This method uses simulations with 20,000 iterations and relies on a productof-coefficients (ab) approach (MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009).”
A general approach to causal mediation analysis. (2010, neutral): “Thus, our proposed generalization accomplishes many of future statistical tasks identied in a recent review paper by MacKinnon and Fairchild (2009) .”
Stress-Related Growth: Pre-Intervention Correlates and Change Following a Resilience Intervention (2010, background): “A reversal in the apparent relationship between two variables after additional variables are taken into account could signal an inconsistent-mediation mechanism (see MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009).”
Con Cariño: Teacher Caring, Math Self-Efficacy, and Math Achievement among Hispanic English Learners (2012, background): “Results support that TC exerts a mediated effect on MA for both groups (e.g., Baron & Kenny, 1986; Kenny et al., 1998; MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009; MacKinnon et al., 2000, 2002, 2007).”
Interactions do not only tell us when, but can also tell us how: Testing process hypotheses by interaction (2011, methodology): “CURRENT RECOGNITION OF THE APPROACH TPIS is used by some researchers to test process hypotheses, but it has rarely been formally described as such (for exceptions, see MacKinnon, 2008; MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009; Sigall &Mills, 1998; Spencer, Zanna, & Fong, 2005; see also Mark, 1986).”
Introduction to mediation analysis with structural equation modeling (2013, background): “Since variables in a causal relationship can be both causes and effects, the standard regression paradigm is ill-suited for modeling such a relationship because of its a priori assignment of each variable as either a cause or an effect.([1,5,6]) Structural equation modeling (SEM) provides a more app”
Does math self-efficacy mediate the effect of the perceived classroom environment on standardized math test performance? (2010, background): “…we used the framework provided by Baron and Kenny (1986) and recent publications that have expanded upon it (Kenny, Kashy, & Bolger, 1998; Mackinnon & Fairchild, 2009; Mackinnon, Fairchild, & Fritz, 2007; Mackinnon, Krull, & Lockwood, 2000; MacKinnon, Lockwood, Hoffman, West, & Sheets,…”
The Effects of a Female Role Model on Academic Performance and Persistence of Women in STEM Courses (2016, background): “…of modularity (Kline, 2015), emphasis on parametercentered rather than person-centered analyses (Grice et al., 2015), and use of mediation in cross-sectional research without clear time precedence (Kline, 2015; Kraemer, Wilson, Fairburn, & Agras, 2002; MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009; Tate, 2015).”
Transformational leadership and work engagement: The mediating effect of meaning in work (2013, methodology): “The causal-steps approach developed by Baron and Kenny (1986) is the most cited approach to test simple mediation (MacKinnon and Fairchild, 2009; Hayes, 2009).”
The role of weekly high‐activated positive mood, context, and personality in innovative work behavior: A multilevel and interactional model (2014, background): “35, 234–256 (2014) DOI: 10.1002/job Taken together, Hypotheses 3 and 4 involves a moderated mediation process (Baron & Kenny, 1986; MacKinnon, 2008; MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009; Muller, Judd, & Yzerbyt, 2005), where the strength of the mediation described between support for innovation,…”