Mplus VERSION 7.4
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06/04/2016  10:46 AM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  title: Hayes PMI multiple mediators example

  data:
      file = pmi.txt;

  variable:
      names = cond pmi import reaction gender age;
      usev = reaction import pmi cond;

  analysis:

      bootstrap = 50000;

  model:
      reaction on import pmi cond;
      import on cond;
      pmi on cond;
      import with pmi;

  model indirect:
      reaction ind cond;

  output:
      cinterval(bootstrap);


  plot:
      type = plot3;



INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY



Hayes PMI multiple mediators example

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Number of observations                                         123

Number of dependent variables                                    3
Number of independent variables                                  1
Number of continuous latent variables                            0

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   REACTION    IMPORT      PMI

Observed independent variables
   COND


Estimator                                                       ML
Information matrix                                        OBSERVED
Maximum number of iterations                                  1000
Convergence criterion                                    0.500D-04
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations                   20
Number of bootstrap draws
    Requested                                                50000
    Completed                                                50000

Input data file(s)
  pmi.txt

Input data format  FREE



THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY



MODEL FIT INFORMATION

Number of Free Parameters                       12

Loglikelihood

          H0 Value                        -645.659
          H1 Value                        -645.659

Information Criteria

          Akaike (AIC)                    1315.317
          Bayesian (BIC)                  1349.063
          Sample-Size Adjusted BIC        1311.120
            (n* = (n + 2) / 24)

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit

          Value                              0.000
          Degrees of Freedom                     0
          P-Value                           0.0000

RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)

          Estimate                           0.000
          90 Percent C.I.                    0.000  0.000
          Probability RMSEA <= .05           0.000

CFI/TLI

          CFI                                1.000
          TLI                                1.000

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit for the Baseline Model

          Value                             65.010
          Degrees of Freedom                     6
          P-Value                           0.0000

SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)

          Value                              0.000



MODEL RESULTS

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 REACTION ON
    IMPORT             0.324      0.074      4.413      0.000
    PMI                0.397      0.079      5.028      0.000
    COND               0.103      0.240      0.430      0.667

 IMPORT   ON
    COND               0.627      0.311      2.015      0.044

 PMI      ON
    COND               0.477      0.234      2.040      0.041

 IMPORT   WITH
    PMI                0.568      0.220      2.584      0.010

 Intercepts
    REACTION          -0.150      0.397     -0.377      0.706
    IMPORT             3.908      0.204     19.148      0.000
    PMI                5.377      0.164     32.703      0.000

 Residual Variances
    REACTION           1.609      0.176      9.130      0.000
    IMPORT             2.893      0.284     10.177      0.000
    PMI                1.675      0.287      5.839      0.000


TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS


                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

Effects from COND to REACTION

  Total                0.496      0.275      1.805      0.071
  Total indirect       0.392      0.166      2.357      0.018

  Specific indirect

    REACTION
    IMPORT
    COND               0.203      0.116      1.757      0.079

    REACTION
    PMI
    COND               0.189      0.105      1.807      0.071

  Direct
    REACTION
    COND               0.103      0.240      0.430      0.667



CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF MODEL RESULTS

                  Lower .5%  Lower 2.5%    Lower 5%    Estimate    Upper 5%  Upper 2.5%   Upper .5%

 REACTION ON
    IMPORT           0.134       0.180       0.204       0.324       0.446       0.469       0.516
    PMI              0.190       0.242       0.268       0.397       0.528       0.553       0.607
    COND            -0.525      -0.371      -0.295       0.103       0.496       0.574       0.724

 IMPORT   ON
    COND            -0.179       0.019       0.121       0.627       1.138       1.235       1.425

 PMI      ON
    COND            -0.138       0.011       0.089       0.477       0.857       0.926       1.065

 IMPORT   WITH
    PMI              0.019       0.139       0.204       0.568       0.927       0.999       1.148

 Intercepts
    REACTION        -1.255      -0.943      -0.809      -0.150       0.493       0.626       0.907
    IMPORT           3.375       3.500       3.569       3.908       4.239       4.304       4.429
    PMI              4.941       5.048       5.103       5.377       5.644       5.693       5.781

 Residual Variances
    REACTION         1.132       1.228       1.277       1.609       1.857       1.920       2.034
    IMPORT           2.126       2.295       2.382       2.893       3.315       3.406       3.593
    PMI              1.005       1.132       1.202       1.675       2.144       2.251       2.469


CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS


                  Lower .5%  Lower 2.5%    Lower 5%    Estimate    Upper 5%  Upper 2.5%   Upper .5%

Effects from COND to REACTION

  Total             -0.216      -0.042       0.049       0.496       0.948       1.038       1.205
  Total indirect    -0.006       0.087       0.134       0.392       0.681       0.741       0.860

  Specific indirect

    REACTION
    IMPORT
    COND            -0.057       0.006       0.035       0.203       0.410       0.458       0.560

    REACTION
    PMI
    COND            -0.052       0.004       0.033       0.189       0.373       0.418       0.503

  Direct
    REACTION
    COND            -0.525      -0.371      -0.295       0.103       0.496       0.574       0.724



PLOT INFORMATION

The following plots are available:

  Histograms (sample values, estimated values, residuals)
  Scatterplots (sample values, estimated values, residuals)
  Bootstrap distributions

DIAGRAM INFORMATION

  Use View Diagram under the Diagram menu in the Mplus Editor to view the diagram.
  If running Mplus from the Mplus Diagrammer, the diagram opens automatically.

  Diagram output
    c:\users\bengt 2013\documents\bengt\mplus runs\a book - topic 1 mplus runs\path analysis\hayes p

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