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ERIC Number: EJ1431569
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1070-5511
EISSN: EISSN-1532-8007
A Note on Evaluating the Moderated Mediation Effect
Chi Kit Jacky Ng; Lok Yin Joyce Kwan; Wai Chan
Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v31 n2 p340-356 2024
In the past decade, moderated mediation analysis has been extensively and increasingly employed in social and behavioral sciences. With its widespread use, it is particularly important to ensure the moderated mediation analysis will not bring spurious results. Spurious effects have been studied in both mediation and moderation analysis, but this issue remains unexplored in moderated mediation analysis. To fill this gap, we examined the conditions under which a spurious moderated mediation effect in a dual stage moderated mediation model might occur. Specifically, with a hypothetical example and three theorems, we illustrated how the index of moderated moderated mediation may conclude a moderated mediation effect which does not actually exist. As a remedy to rule out the spurious results, we proposed two methods which are simple and easy to implement. Based on the simulation results, we offer researchers some practical guidelines to apply the methods in empirical research.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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