Baron indicate that three condition

Baron indicate that three conditions must be met to establish mediation (i.e., an indirect relationship). First, the independent variables, church attendance and importance of religion, must have a significant effect on the mediating variables (parental attachment, self-control, substance use, and friends' substance use). Second, the independent variables church attendance and importance of religion, must have a significant effect on the dependent variable, lying to parents, when the mediating variables are not included in the model. Third, the mediating variables, parental attachment, self-control, subsatance use, and friends' substance use, must have a significant effect on the dependent variable, lying to parents. All three conditions must be met.