Moderation, mediation, and moderated mediation

When moderation is mediated and mediation is moderated.

Procedures for examining whether treatment effects on an outcome are mediated and/or moderated have been well developed and are routinely applied. The mediation question focuses on the intervening mechanism that produces the treatment effect. The moderation question focuses on factors that affect the magnitude of the treatment effect. It is important to note that these two processes may be comb...

Developing models of how cognitive improvements change functioning: Mediation, moderation and moderated mediation

BACKGROUND Cognitive remediation (CRT) affects functioning but the extent and type of cognitive improvements necessary are unknown. AIM To develop and test models of how cognitive improvement transfers to work behaviour using the data from a current service. METHOD Participants (N49) with a support worker and a paid or voluntary job were offered CRT in a Phase 2 single group design with thr...

Mediation and Moderation

Methods for integrating moderation and mediation: a general analytical framework using moderated path analysis.

Studies that combine moderation and mediation are prevalent in basic and applied psychology research. Typically, these studies are framed in terms of moderated mediation or mediated moderation, both of which involve similar analytical approaches. Unfortunately, these approaches have important shortcomings that conceal the nature of the moderated and the mediated effects under investigation. Thi...

Mediated moderation or moderated mediation: relationship between length of unemployment, resilience, coping and health.

The aim of the present research was to evaluate a model of mediated moderation vs. moderated mediation that could explain the relationship between length of unemployment, dispositional resilience, coping styles and depression and social functioning of Venezuelan unemployed individuals. Self-report measures were administered to a sample of 328 unemployed residents in Caracas, Venezuela. Results ...