Abstract

The terms mediation and moderation are defined and clarified with particular emphasis on the role of mediational and moderational analyses in developmental and behavioral pediatric research. The article highlights the applicability of mediational and moderational analyses to longitudinal, intervention, and risk and protective factor research, and it provides basic information about how these analyses might be conducted. Also included is a discussion of various ways that both mediator and moderator variables can be incorporated into a single model. The article concludes with extended examples of both types of analyses using a longitudinal pediatric study for illustration. The article provides recommendations for applying mediational and moderational research in clinical practice.

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ModerationMediationPsychologyMediatorDevelopmental psychologyIntervention (counseling)Longitudinal studyStructural equation modelingSocial psychologyMedicineComputer scienceSociology

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Year
2004
Type
article
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
58-67
Citations
210
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Brigid M. Rose, Grayson N. Holmbeck, Rachael Millstein Coakley et al. (2004). Mediator and Moderator Effects in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric Research. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics , 25 (1) , 58-67. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004703-200402000-00013

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10.1097/00004703-200402000-00013