| Literature DB >> 29795869 |
Craig Leth-Steensen1, Elena Gallitto2.
Abstract
A large number of approaches have been proposed for estimating and testing the significance of indirect effects in mediation models. In this study, four sets of Monte Carlo simulations involving full latent variable structural equation models were run in order to contrast the effectiveness of the currently popular bias-corrected bootstrapping approach with the simple test of joint significance approach. The results from these simulations demonstrate that the test of joint significance had more power than bias-corrected bootstrapping and also yielded more reasonable Type I errors.Keywords: SEM; bias-corrected bootstrapping; indirect effects; mediation; simulation
Year: 2015 PMID: 29795869 PMCID: PMC5965588 DOI: 10.1177/0013164415593777
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Educ Psychol Meas ISSN: 0013-1644 Impact factor: 2.821