Table 7.
Power in Detecting the Indirect Path Varies by Stability.
| Stability | Model | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Path | X | M | CSM | SM | DM | CLPM3 | CLPM5 | MCSMa | MLMb |
| 0 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.69 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.74 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 0.50 | 0.36 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.65 | 0.78 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.72 | 0.82 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.87 | 0.93 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 0.50 | 0.36 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Note. Lag = 0 corresponds to data simulated under MCSM, Lag=1 corresponds to data simulated under MLM. The a, b, and y paths are 0.36 for all conditions. All path coefficients are fixed. Powers less than 0.80 are bolded. CSM = cross-sectional mediation; SM = sequential mediation; DM = dynamic mediation; CLPM = cross-lagged panel mediation; MCSM = multilevel cross-sectional mediation; MLM = multilevel longitudinal mediation.
a
MCSM uses all 100 people and all 100 time points for analysis. bMLM uses all 100 people and all 100 time points for analysis.