Pollack {psychTools}

Pollack et al (2012) correlation matrix for mediation example

Description

A correlation matrix taken from Pollack (2012) with 9 variables. Primarily used as an example for setCor and mediation.

Usage

data("Pollack")

Format

A correlation matrix based upon 262 participants.

sex

Male = 1, Female = 0, 62% male

age

mean =33

tenure

length of employent, mean = 5.9 years

self.efficacy

self ratings

competence

self rating of competence

social.ties

Contact with business-related social ties

economic.stress

mean of two items on economic stress

depression

6 items from MAACL measuring depression

withdrawal

Withdrawal intentions in domain of entrepreneurship

Details

This is the correlation matrix from Pollack et al. (2012) p 797. The raw data are available from the processR package (Keon-Woong Moon, 2020). The data set is used by Hayes in example p 179 in example 3.

Source

Pollack et al. 2012

References

Pollack, Jeffrey M. and Vanepps, Eric M. and Hayes, Andrew F. (2012). The moderating role of social ties on entrepreneurs' depressed affect and withdrawal intentions in response to economic stress, Journal of Organizational Behavior 33 (6) 789-810.

Hayes, Andrew F. (2013) Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach. Guilford Press.

Examples

psych::lowerMat(Pollack)