中介效果分析在體育運動研究的應用現況探討

The application of mediation testing in physical education and sport research in Taiwan

中介效果研究已廣泛存在於社會科學各領域中，藉由該分析可提供研究者探討現象形成的機制，描繪不同構念直接及間接的影響關係，並對可能因果關係與機制進行闡釋與推論。回顧中介分析發展，不同分析策略的運用，皆有其條件、限制與適用性。為此，本研究採用內容分析法，針對2008-2013年國科會體育學門之一級期刊 （大專體育學刊、體育學報、臺灣運動心理學報、臺灣體育運動管理學報） 進行分析，以瞭解國內體育運動領域研究之中介效果分析應用現況並評析其可能問題。最後，本文試圖提出一中介效果分析之檢核流程，以期提供後續研究採用中介效果研究之參酌。

Mediation designs and analysis are pervasive in a variety of applied social science domains. It’s widely recognized that mediation analysis is able to explain the mechanism of phenomenon, and describe the direct and indirect effects. Also, it would examine the causal hypothesis and provide a basis for causal inference. A review of the literature indicated that different mediation analysis strategies have different conditions and limitations. From these reasons, the purpose of this study was used content analysis to review and critique the conduct of mediation analysis in the journal of Sports and Exercise Research, Physical Education Journal, and Bulletin for Sports and Exercise Psychology of Taiwan from 2008-2013. According to the results, authors provide a process framework of mediation analysis for researchers to improv e the application of mediation analysis.