Open AccessMediation Analysis in Psychosomatic Medicine Research
Author(s) -
Ginger Lockhart,
David P. MacKin,
Vanessa Ohlrich
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
psychosomatic medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.62
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1534-7796
pISSN - 0033-3174
DOI - 10.1097/psy.0b013e318200a54b
Subject(s) - mediation , psychosomatic medicine , psychology , athletes , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , medicine , applied psychology , physical therapy , social science , sociology
This article presents an overview of statistical mediation analysis and its application to psychosomatic medicine research. The article begins with a description of the major approaches to mediation analysis and an evaluation of the strengths and limits of each. Emphasis is placed on longitudinal mediation models, and an application using latent growth modeling is presented. The article concludes with a description of recent developments in mediation analysis and suggestions for the use of mediation for future work in psychosomatic medicine research.