The “true” indirect effect won't (always) stand up: When and why reverse mediation testing fails

By G. Lemmer, Mario Gollwitzer. 2017

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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• Self-concept clarity mediates the effects of adverse childhood experiences on adult suicide behavior, depression, loneliness, perceived stress, and life distress (2018, background): “…self-esteem and self-concept clarity in a sequential chain is that the common practice of reversing arrows (e.g. SCC ->SE) to determine causal ordering is an invalid inferential practice which cannot distinguish better models due to model equivalency (Lemmer & Gollwitzer, 2016; Thoemmes, 2015).”