Mediation AnalysisMediation AnalysisLearning goalsThe simple mediation modelExerciseConfounding variables, causal order, effect sizes, and multiple Xs and YsCausal orderEffect sizeMultiple X variablesMultiple Y variablesMore than one mediatorParallel and Serial Mediator modelsThe parallel multiple mediator modelThe Serial Multiple Mediator modelInterpretationMediation with a multicategorical antecedentSummary