Airbag Moderation: The Definition and Implementation of a New Research Hypothesis

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 41
  In Roundtable Session: Methodological Design and Illustrations

Abstract

Background: Moderation is the hypothesis that the relationship between two concepts varies as a function of a third. Extensions of this hypothesis have been proposed variously linking Moderation to the hypothesis of Mediation.

Aims: To define and implement the hypothesis of Airbag Moderation. That the relationship between two concepts varies as a function of a third and that this third concept is caused by one of the others.

Methods: Airbag Moderation is defined in reference to definitions of Moderation. Different methods of statistically implementing Airbag Moderation are then presented.

Results: An example Airbag Moderation is documented using ‘real-life’ research data.

Conclusions: Potential applications of Airbag Moderation are discussed and future directions considered.

Authors

• James Hall, University of Southampton

• Lars-Erik Malmberg, University of Oxford

• Ariel Mariah Lindorff, University of Oxford

• Nicole Baumann, University of Warwick

• Pam M. Sammons, University of Oxford