Analyzing Associations between Mental Health and Social Circumstances

摘要: This chapter describes the two main quantitative strategies for explaining association of mental or emotional well-being with various social and psychological circumstances characteristics, such as level education, identity, personal history. Statistically an means demonstrating conditions under which it no longer exists. If vanishes specific conditions, then absence those accounts association. Data analysts have basic methods associations. Progressive adjustment looks mediators, are consequences independent variable that cause outcome, forming a bridge between them. Interaction analysis moderators, regulate size direction being analyzed. External moderators apply to everyone whereas internal only people in limited range variable. The same explanatory can be both mediator moderator, illustrated case structural amplification.