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  • Traditional mediation analysis relies on normal theory maximum likelihood (ML) or least squares, assuming normally distributed data.
  • Real-world data in social and behavioral sciences frequently deviate from normality and include outliers, compromising classical methods.
  • Biased and inefficient estimates from standard methods lead to unreliable tests of mediated effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Propose robust and local influence methods for improved mediation analysis.
  • Identify influential cases impacting mediation test results.
  • Enhance parameter estimation and mediated effect testing for non-normal data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized local influence and robust methods to identify influential cases in mediation models.
  • Applied robust estimation methods for parameter estimation.
  • Tested mediated effects using both normal theory ML and robust methods.
  • Compared Sobel (1982) tests with information-based (z I) and sandwich-type (z SW) standard errors.

Main Results:

  • Local influence and robust methods demonstrated similar rankings for case influence.
  • Robust methods were found to be more objective than local influence methods.
  • The z I statistic showed inflation with heavy-tailed distributions.
  • Robust methods yielded estimates with smaller standard errors and more reliable tests compared to normal theory ML.

Conclusions:

  • Robust methods provide a more objective and reliable approach to mediation analysis, especially with non-normally distributed data.
  • Identifying and addressing influential cases improves the accuracy of mediation effect testing.
  • The robust method is recommended for mediation analysis in social and behavioral sciences due to its superior performance with real-world data characteristics.