How and why criteria defining moderators and mediators differ between the Baron & Kenny and MacArthur approaches.

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  2008

• Venue

  Health Psychology

• Publication date

  2008-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0278-6133.27.2(Suppl.).S101PMID 18377151PMCID PMC3376898
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