ERIC Number: EJ1431491
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1070-5511
EISSN: EISSN-1532-8007
The Impact of Omitting Confounders in Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Mediation Models: Three Sensitivity Analysis Approaches
Xiao Liu; Zhiyong Zhang; Kristin Valentino; Lijuan Wang
Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v31 n1 p132-150 2024
Parallel process latent growth curve mediation models (PP-LGCMMs) are frequently used to longitudinally investigate the mediation effects of treatment on the level and change of outcome through the level and change of mediator. An important but often violated assumption in empirical PP-LGCMM analysis is the absence of omitted confounders of the relationships among treatment, mediator, and outcome. In this study, we analytically examined how omitting pretreatment confounders impacts the inference of mediation from the PP-LGCMM. Using the analytical results, we developed three sensitivity analysis approaches for the PP-LGCMM, including the frequentist, Bayesian, and Monte Carlo approaches. The three approaches help investigate different questions regarding the robustness of mediation results from the PP-LGCMM, and handle the uncertainty in the sensitivity parameters differently. Applications of the three sensitivity analyses are illustrated using a real-data example. A user-friendly Shiny web application is developed to conduct the sensitivity analyses.
Descriptors: Mediation Theory, Bayesian Statistics, Growth Models, Monte Carlo Methods, Robustness (Statistics), Statistical Inference
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Related Records: ED645155
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305D210023; R01HD091235