title: A Bayesian Approach for Estimating Mediation Effects with Missing Data.
abstract: Methodologists have developed mediation analysis techniques for a broad range of substantive applications, yet methods for estimating mediating mechanisms with missing data have been understudied. This study outlined a general Bayesian missing data handling approach that can accommodate mediation analyses with any number of manifest variables. Computer simulation studies showed that the Bayesian approach produced frequentist coverage rates and power estimates that were comparable to those of maximum likelihood with the bias-corrected bootstrap. We share a SAS macro that implements Bayesian estimation and use two data analysis examples to demonstrate its use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University.
authors.forename: Craig K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Enders
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fairchild
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Mackinnon
keywords: Bayesian estimation; Mediation; Sobel test; bias corrected bootstrap; indirect effects; missing data
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