TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality variables as mediators and moderators of family history risk for alcoholism
T2 - Conceptual and methodological issues
AU - Rogosch, F.
AU - Chassin, Laurie
AU - Sher, K. J.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Recently there has been great interest in possible mediators and moderators of family history risk for alcoholism. However, previous studies have failed to employ appropriate designs and data analytic strategies to identify moderators and mediators. This article uses a large data set to illustrate such analyses. In the current data, both presumed personality risk and dispositional self-awareness were found to play moderator (rather than mediator) roles. The conceptual, methodological and data analytic implications of the mediator-moderator distinction are discussed.
AB - Recently there has been great interest in possible mediators and moderators of family history risk for alcoholism. However, previous studies have failed to employ appropriate designs and data analytic strategies to identify moderators and mediators. This article uses a large data set to illustrate such analyses. In the current data, both presumed personality risk and dispositional self-awareness were found to play moderator (rather than mediator) roles. The conceptual, methodological and data analytic implications of the mediator-moderator distinction are discussed.
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U2 - 10.15288/jsa.1990.51.310
DO - 10.15288/jsa.1990.51.310
M3 - Article
C2 - 2359303
AN - SCOPUS:0025103888
SN - 0096-882X
VL - 51
SP - 310
EP - 318
JO - Journal of Studies on Alcohol
JF - Journal of Studies on Alcohol
IS - 4
ER -