Research in Prevention Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA.
Psychosom Med. 2011 Jan;73(1):29-43. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318200a54b. Epub 2010 Dec 10.
This article presents an overview of statistical mediation analysis and its application to psychosomatic medicine research. The article begins with a description of the major approaches to mediation analysis and an evaluation of the strengths and limits of each. Emphasis is placed on longitudinal mediation models, and an application using latent growth modeling is presented. The article concludes with a description of recent developments in mediation analysis and suggestions for the use of mediation for future work in psychosomatic medicine research.
本文概述了统计中介分析及其在身心医学研究中的应用。文章首先介绍了中介分析的主要方法，并对每种方法的优缺点进行了评估。重点介绍了纵向中介模型，并展示了一个使用潜在增长模型的应用。文章最后描述了中介分析的最新进展，并就未来身心医学研究中使用中介分析提出了建议。
