Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: new procedures and recommendations.

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Published in Psychol Methods on December 01, 2002

Authors

Patrick E Shrout1, Niall Bolger

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA. pat.shrout@nyu.edu

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