A New Analytic Framework for Moderation Analysis — Moving Beyond Analytic Interactions

Conceptually, a moderator is variable that modifies the effect of predictor on response. Analytically, common approach as used in most moderation analyses to add analytic interactions involving and form cross-variable products test significance such terms. The narrow scope procedure inconsistent with broader conceptual definition moderation, leading confusion interpretation study findings. In this paper, we develop new consistent concept moderation. proposed framework defines process an existing relationship between outcome, rather than simply by interaction. illustrated data from real study.