3. Imagine it was found that worry explains the relationship between depression

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3. Imagine it was found that worry explains the relationship between depression and sleep problems (i.e., depressed people tend to worry more than non-depressed people, leading them to experience more sleep problems). Which of the following is the indirect effect?

a. The effect of depression on sleep problems through worry

b. The relationship between depression and sleep problems, controlling for worry

c. The effect of sleep problems on depression through worry

d. The relationship between worry and sleep problems, controlling for depression 4.

Explanation / Answer

d. The relationship between worry and sleep problems, controlling for depression 4.

the indirect effect measures the extent to which the dependent variable changes when the independent variable is held fixed and the mediator variable changes by the amount it would have changed had the independent variable increased by one unit.

dependent variable sleep

independent variable depression

mediator variable worry

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