Testing Mediated Moderation Using Moderated Multiple Regression: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations

& (2019). Testing Mediated Moderation Using Moderated Multiple Regression: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 38(3), 323-346, https://doi.org/10.22257/kjp.2019.09.38.3.323

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Abstract

Baron and Kenny (1986) first proposed the term mediated moderation, to explore how and why the moderation effect occurs. Most researchers believe that Baron and Kenny (1986)’s model is the only mediated moderation method for analysis. In fact, there are three types of mediated moderation models (Type I, II and III) that have each been adopted as most appropriate in various research areas of behavioral science. However, few are aware of existence of these three types and their distinctive conceptual and statistical definitions. Additionally, to date there has been no source that provides an integrated introduction of the methodological, statistical analyses to three types of mediated moderation model. It is our intention in this manuscript to provide a comprehensive, accessible framework by which researchers examining mediated moderation models can effectively choose a valid conceptual model and statistical testing procedures. We first, define each of three types of the mediated moderation model based on the differences between their conceptual and statistical models and provide examples of each. Second, we discuss how the three types were derived from a single concept of mediated moderation model via the approach of Baron and Kenny (1986). Third, we describe the analytic procedure by examining each mediated moderation model based on a statistical significance testing approach with a real example, accompanied by a regression-based software, PROCESS (version 3.1).

keywords: moderated multiple regression, mediation, moderation, mediated moderation, the Baron and Kenny approach, PROCESS, 조절회귀분석, 매개효과, 조절효과, 매개된 조절효과, Baron과 Kenny의 단계적 접근법, PROCESS

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Testing Mediated Moderation Using Moderated Multiple Regression: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations

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