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Hello,
I would like to use Mplus to test indirect effects of childhood abuse/neglect through a continuous mediator to a dichotomous outcome. Neither the exogenous predictor nor the mediator is randomized. Reading Muthen (2011) and Valeri & VanderWeele (2011), it seems that this analysis may not meet the assumption for causally defined effects. Am I interpreting this correctly? I would prefer to report indirect effects to the observed rather than the latent variable, but not if it violates key model assumptions!
Thanks so much for your help! |
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The biggest problem is mediator-outcome confounding, that is, a variable (observed or unobserved) that influences both M and Y.
Assuming no such confounding, relevant articles and book are found under the heading
Counterfactual causal effects for mediation modeling
on our Mediation page:
http://www.statmodel.com/Mediation.shtml |
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