To 15-godzinne zajęcia, które prowadzę w ramach specjalizacji Social Research na Warsaw International Studies in Psychology.
Course description
Both mediation and moderation analysis check how a third variable fits the relationship between the independent and dependent variable. While mediation analysis allows for discovering mechanisms underlying this association, moderation analysis allows for identifying boundary conditions for its occurrence.
This course aims to introduce students to mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation analysis. Throughout the consecutive classes, participants will be presented with different moderation, mediation, and conditional process models. The classes would involve a combination of lectures and lab sessions focusing on the estimation and interpretation of the gradually introduced models. The analyses would be performed with Hayes’ (2022) PROCESS macro, both in R and SPSS.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn how to conduct and interpret mediation, moderation, and mediated moderation analysis. Participants will gain familiarity with the PROCESS macro (Hayes, 2022) applied both in SPSS and R.
Learning activities and teaching methods
All classes are divided into two parts – lectures (ca. 45 minutes) and lab sessions (ca. 45 minutes). Lectures are closely linked to the readings and introduce students to a given conceptual / statistical model. Lab sessions include at least one worked example and another problem set to work on with instructor’s assistance. Each class would be concluded with a short homework assignment that would not contribute to the final grade. The short homework files should be submitted before the following class.
List of topics / classes and bibliography
Main textbook:
Hayes, A. F. (2022). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis. The Guilford Press.
1. Mediation analysis 1
Readings:
Hayes, Ch. 3 & 4
Examples:
Becker, J. C., Hartwich, L., & Haslam, S. A. (2021). Neoliberalism can reduce well‐being by promoting a sense of social disconnection, competition, and loneliness. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(3), 947-965.
Borinca, I., Tropp, L. R., & Ofosu, N. (2021). Meta‐humanization enhances positive reactions to prosocial cross‐group interaction. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(3), 1051-1074.
Jaśkiewicz, M., Besta, T., & Borchet, J. (2022). Collective angst and group continuity as predictors of collective action for progressive city policies. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25(2), 540-561.
2. Mediation analysis 2
Readings:
Hayes, Ch. 5 & 6
Fiedler, K., Schott, M., & Meiser, T. (2011). What mediation analysis can (not) do. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(6), 1231-1236.
Fiedler, K., Harris, C., & Schott, M. (2018). Unwarranted inferences from statistical mediation tests – An analysis of articles published in 2015. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 75, 95–102.
Spencer, S. J., Zanna, M. P., & Fong, G. T. (2005). Establishing a causal chain: why experiments are often more effective than mediational analyses in examining psychological processes. Journal of personality and social psychology, 89(6), 845-851.
Examples:
Dale, K. R., & Moyer-Gusé, E. (2021). Interdependence in mediated intergroup contact: Exploring the common ingroup identity model in a fictional narrative. Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 33(1), 5-15.
O'Dwyer, E., Beascoechea‐Seguí, N., & Souza, L. G. S. (2022). The amplifying effect of perceived group politicization: Effects of group perceptions and identification on anxiety and coping self‐efficacy among members of UK COVID‐19 mutual aid groups. Journal of community & applied social psychology, 32(3), 423-437.
3. Moderation analysis 1
Readings:
Hayes, Ch. 7 & 8
Examples:
Solak, N., Tamir, M., Sümer, N., Jost, J. T., & Halperin, E. (2021). Expressive suppression as an obstacle to social change: Linking system justification, emotion regulation, and collective action. Motivation and emotion, 45(5), 661-682.
Sabherwal, A., Ballew, M. T., van Der Linden, S., Gustafson, A., Goldberg, M. H., Maibach, E. W., ... & Leiserowitz, A. (2021). The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States. Journal of applied social psychology, 51(4), 321-333.
4. Moderation analysis 2
Readings:
Hayes, Ch. 9 & 10
Example:
Smith, R., & Stathi, S. (2021). Social dominance orientation, belief in a just world and intergroup contact as predictors of homeless stigmatisation. The Journal of Social Psychology, 1-11.
5. Moderated mediation (or mediated moderation) 1
Readings:
Hayes, Ch. 11 & 12
Muller, D., Judd, C. M., & Yzerbyt, V. Y. (2005). When moderation is mediated and mediation is moderated. Journal of personality and social psychology, 89(6), 852-863.
Example:
Solak, N., Tamir, M., Sümer, N., Jost, J. T., & Halperin, E. (2021). Expressive suppression as an obstacle to social change: Linking system justification, emotion regulation, and collective action. Motivation and emotion, 45(5), 661-682.
6. Moderated mediation (or mediated moderation) 2
Readings:
Hayes, Ch. 13 & 14
Example:
Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Vezzali, L., Ranta, M., Pacilli, M. G., Giacomantonio, M., & Pagliaro, S. (2021). Conditional secondary transfer effect: The moderating role of moral credentials and prejudice. Group processes & intergroup Relations, 24(7), 1219-1237.
7. Stranger things
Reading:
Hayes, Ch. 15
Example:
Becker, J. C., Hartwich, L., & Haslam, S. A. (2021). Neoliberalism can reduce well‐being by promoting a sense of social disconnection, competition, and loneliness. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(3), 947-965.
8. Evaluation