Mechanisms of behavior change in substance use disorder with and without formal treatment

K Witkiewitz, RA Pfund, JA Tucker - Annual Review of Clinical …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This article provides a narrative review of studies that examined mechanisms of behavior
change in substance use disorder. Several mechanisms have some support, including self …

Self-efficacy as a potential mechanism of behavior change in mindfulness-based relapse prevention

DIK Moniz-Lewis, ER Stein, S Bowen, K Witkiewitz - Mindfulness, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Self-efficacy, the belief in one's ability to moderate or abstain from heavy drinking
and drug use, predicts outcomes following substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. The …

Indirect effects in sequential mediation models: Evaluating methods for hypothesis testing and confidence interval formation

D Tofighi, K Kelley - Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Complex mediation models, such as a two-mediator sequential model, have become more
prevalent in the literature. To test an indirect effect in a two-mediator model, we conducted a …

Selecting a within-or between-subject design for mediation: Validity, causality, and statistical power

AK Montoya - Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Researchers with mediation hypotheses must consider which design to use: within-subject
or between-subject? In this paper, I argue that three factors should influence design choice …

Intensive longitudinal mediation in Mplus.

D McNeish, DP MacKinnon - Psychological methods, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Much of the existing longitudinal mediation literature focuses on panel data where relatively
few repeated measures are collected over a relatively broad timespan. However …

The impact of measurement error and omitting confounders on statistical inference of mediation effects and tools for sensitivity analysis.

X Liu, L Wang - Psychological Methods, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
To make valid statistical inferences from mediation analysis, a number of assumptions need
to be assessed. Among the assumptions, 2 frequently discussed ones are (a) the …

Using ant colony optimization for sensitivity analysis in structural equation modeling

WL Leite, Z Shen, K Marcoulides, CL Fisk… - … Equation Modeling: A …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Studies using structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate theories against observed
data rely on multiple sources of evidence to support a proposed model, such as fit indices …

Income disparity in school readiness and the mediating role of perinatal maternal mental health: a longitudinal birth cohort study

EC Law, R Aishworiya, S Cai… - Epidemiology and …, 2021 - cambridge.org
AimsThere is compelling evidence for gradient effects of household income on school
readiness. Potential mechanisms are described, yet the growth curve trajectory of maternal …

Bayesian (non) linear random effects mediation models: Evaluating the impact of omitting confounders.

Z Zhang, N Kohli, EF Lock - Psychological Methods, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Often in educational and psychological studies, researchers are interested in understanding
the mediation mechanism of longitudinal (repeated measures) variables. Almost all …

The impact of omitting confounders in parallel process latent growth curve mediation models: Three sensitivity analysis approaches

X Liu, Z Zhang, K Valentino, L Wang - Structural Equation Modeling …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Parallel process latent growth curve mediation models (PP-LGCMMs) are frequently used to
longitudinally investigate the mediation effects of treatment on the level and change of …