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Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Statistical methods for person-oriented mediation analysis are limited.
  • Existing approaches using configural frequency analysis (CFA) are complex and may lack power.
  • There is a need for accessible methods to identify mediation mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a simplified configural approach for testing direct and indirect effects in mediation.
  • To answer the question of what specific patterns carry a mediation process.
  • To evaluate the performance of this simplified method in homogenous and heterogeneous populations.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a simplified configural approach using two log-linear models.
  • Identified extreme patterns for predictor-mediator and mediator-outcome paths.
  • Employed joint significance testing for mediation presence and defined Mediation Types/Antitypes.

Main Results:

  • The simplified approach demonstrates acceptable Type I error protection and statistical power.
  • Larger sample sizes are recommended for reliably detecting mediation-generating configurations.
  • Performance was evaluated in both homogenous and heterogeneous populations via Monte Carlo simulations.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed simplified configural method offers a viable alternative for mediation analysis in person-oriented research.
  • The approach is effective in identifying underlying patterns that drive mediation.
  • Further research should explore extensions and limitations of this method.