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Moderator Mediator Variable Distinction in Social Psychological Research

This document discusses the differences between moderator and mediator variables in social psychological research. It provides definitions and examples of each. A moderator variable affects the strength or direction of the relationship between an independent and dependent variable. It interacts with the independent variable. A mediator variable represents the mechanism or process through which the independent variable influences the dependent variable. For example, a study found that the relationship between negative life events and illness severity was stronger for uncontrollable events like death than controllable events like divorce. This demonstrated a moderator effect of controllability on the relationship between life events and illness severity.

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Moderator Mediator Variable Distinction in Social Psychological Research

This document discusses the differences between moderator and mediator variables in social psychological research. It provides definitions and examples of each. A moderator variable affects the strength or direction of the relationship between an independent and dependent variable. It interacts with the independent variable. A mediator variable represents the mechanism or process through which the independent variable influences the dependent variable. For example, a study found that the relationship between negative life events and illness severity was stronger for uncontrollable events like death than controllable events like divorce. This demonstrated a moderator effect of controllability on the relationship between life events and illness severity.

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Moderator mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: conceptual, strategy, and

statistical consideration

Pada artikel ini kami mencoba membedakan properties dari variable moderator dan mediator, pada
sejumlah level. Pertama kami mencari theorist dan researcher yang aware akan pentingnya pemahaman

Kami membedakan 2 fungsi yang sering dianggap bingung dari variable ke 3

a) Fungsi moderator yang dari variable ke 3, yang mana partisi dari focal independent variable
kedalam subgroup yang dibangun dari domain dari maximal effectiveness terkait dengan given
dependent variable
b) Fungsi mediator dari variable ke 3 yang mana merepresent mekanisme generative melalui
dimana focal independent variable bias mempengaruhi dependent variable

Sebagai contoh harkin dan latane dan William, menyimpulkan bahwa dampak dari indentifiabilitity dari
social loafing dengan mengobservasinya, yang memoderasi social loafing
The single-mediator model is shown in Figure 1, where the variables X, M, and Y are in rectangles and
the arrows represent relations among variables. Figure 1 uses the notation most widely applied in
psychology, with a representing the relation of X to M, b representing the relation of M to Y adjusted for
X, and c _ the relation of X to Y adjusted for M. The symbols e2 and e3 represent residuals in the M and
Y variables, respectively. The equations and coefficients corresponding to Figure 1 are discussed below.
For now, note that there is a direct effect relating X to Y and a mediated effect by which X indirectly
affects Y through M. Given that most prior mediation research has applied this single-mediator model,
this review starts with this model. Limitations and extensions of the model are described in subsequent
sections.

Moderation

The strength and form of mediated effects


may depend on other variables. Variables that
affect the hypothesized relation among a set
of variables in such ways are known as moderators
and are often tested as interaction effects
(Aiken & West 1991, Baron & Kenny
1986). A nonzeroXMinteraction in Equation
2 discussed above is an example of a moderator
effect that suggests that the b coefficient
differs across levels of X. Different b coefficients
across levels of X may reflect mediation
as a manipulation and may alter the relation
of M to Y. For example, a smoking prevention
program may remove a relation between
l A moderator is “a third variable exhibiting statistical interaction by virtue of its being
antecedent or intermediate in the causal process under study” Last (1995)

The nature of moderator

Moderator variable - "In general terms, a moderator is a qualitative (e.g., sex, race, class) or
quantitative (e.g., level of reward) variable that affects the direction and/or strength of the
relation between an independent or predictor variable and a dependent or criterion variable.
Specifically within a correlational analysis framework, a moderator is a third variable that affects
the zero-order correlation between two other variables. ... In the more familiar analysis of
variance (ANOVA) terms, a basic moderator effect can be represented as an interaction between
a focal independent variable and a factor that specifies the appropriate conditions for its
operation" (Baron & Kenny, 1986, p. 1174).

Pada pengertian yang umum, sebuah moderator adalah qualitative (cth, sex, ras, kelas), atau
quantitative (cth level atau reward) varibel yang mempengaruhi (direction) dan/atau kuatnya hubungan
antara independent atau predictor variable dan dependent atau criterion variable

Secara spesifik da;am kerangka korrelational analisis, moderator adalah variable ke-3 yang affect Zero
order correlation, antara 2 variabel

Positivitas dari hubungan antara lie events dengan severity of illness (was considerably) lebih kuat untuk
uncontrollable events (cth kematian dari instri) daripada controllable events (perceraian)

Lebih familiar pada istilah anova, pengaruh moderator sederhana dapat dilihat sebagai sebuah interaksi
antara focal independent variable dan factor yang (specifies) kondisi yang sesuai (appropriate) pada
penggunaannya.

Contoh tipe pengaruh moderator pada context ini adalah (demonstrasi) dari (crossover) interaction dari
(form/ pembentukan) yang (insufficient justification/justifikasi yang kurang) effect holds under public
commitment (perubahan attitude adalah inversely berhubungan dengan insentives)
Justifikasi kapan akan dipakai itu mediasi atau moderasi (topic yang seksi yg akan dipresentasikan
besok)

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