Estimates of *specific* indirect effects in AMOS (not how to test mediation in AMOS)
Hi all,
I have a very general AMOS question. I am wondering if there is any (simple) way to get AMOS to output *specific* indirect effects, along with associated confidence intervals, etc.
That is, in the simplest case, if I have a 2 mediator model, where X -> M1, X->M2, M1->Y, M2->Y (i.e., X predicts Y through M1 and M2), all I can get in output is the *total* indirect effect of X on Y (through M1 and M2). This is the sum of the two indirect effects, though, and does not tell me each individual path (X->M1->Y & X->M2->Y). This is often a very important question, with multiple mediators of an effect in a model, and a desire to test individual mediated paths.
In order to come up with the total indirect effect, AMOS must be calculating each path in some way. The question is "where do I find output attesting to this??" So far, I've seen one other person with the question on the interwebs, unanswered, and other searches simply turn up how to test indirect effects in AMOS.
Any help from anyone out there would be appreciated.
Hi all,
I have a very general AMOS question. I am wondering if there is any (simple) way to get AMOS to output *specific* indirect effects, along with associated confidence intervals, etc.
That is, in the simplest case, if I have a 2 mediator model, where X -> M1, X->M2, M1->Y, M2->Y (i.e., X predicts Y through M1 and M2), all I can get in output is the *total* indirect effect of X on Y (through M1 and M2). This is the sum of the two indirect effects, though, and does not tell me each individual path (X->M1->Y & X->M2->Y). This is often a very important question, with multiple mediators of an effect in a model, and a desire to test individual mediated paths.
In order to come up with the total indirect effect, AMOS must be calculating each path in some way. The question is "where do I find output attesting to this??" So far, I've seen one other person with the question on the interwebs, unanswered, and other searches simply turn up how to test indirect effects in AMOS.
Any help from anyone out there would be appreciated.
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