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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2012 May 21;26(4):532–541. doi: 10.1037/a0028406

Table 2.

Summary of the joint significance test of mediation.

Mediator Significant effects of
intervention on
mediator (α path)?		 6-month
Parenting
Outcomes		 Significant effects of mediator on outcomes
(β and/or β’ paths)?		 Criteria for joint
significance met?
Parent
Depressive
Symptoms		 Yes
(F (1, 135) = 5.74** 		Negative
Parenting		 No
(F (1, 86.7) = 0.00)		 Yes
(F (1, 86.6) = 4.63* 		Yes
Positive
Parenting		 No
(F (1, 85.3) = 0.87)		 No
(F (1, 85.7) =.04)		 No
*

Note: p < .05;

**

p < .01