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The phrase "a moderating factor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing elements that influence or adjust the relationship between two variables or conditions in research or analysis.
Example: "In the study, age was identified as a moderating factor affecting the relationship between stress and health outcomes."
Alternatives: "a mitigating factor" or "an influencing factor".
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Syriza's difficulties have acted, it seems, as a moderating factor for Podemos.
Limor Livnat, an Israeli Likud Party legislator, said Egypt had played a positive role as a "moderating factor" during the present conflict.
The intervention was hypothesized to function as a moderating factor to reduce the effects of stress on vulnerable persons with schizophrenia.
We propose that, while aversion to person- or group-tradeoffs of this sort is widespread, the identifiability of those who stand to lose is a moderating factor.
The fact that a female entrepreneur creates a YIC is actually a moderating factor in the relationship between size and access to subsidies.
Additionally, we find that calculative trust acts as a moderating factor in the relationship between formal governance mechanisms and transaction-specific investments.
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22 Research suggests that depression severity is a significant moderating factor in the treatment of depression.
PTG, while not having any direct relationship with QoL, may be an important moderating factor on the relationship between psychological distress and QoL after natural disasters.
Few studies confirm anger as a mediating or moderating factor for violent behavior among offenders convicted of rape and/or child molestation leaving much room for further exploration.
This debate of cause or effect in the association between whiplash and anxiety/depression does have consequences for whether anxiety/depression is to be regarded a mediating, confounding or even moderating factor in this association.
The effect of a suspected moderator is modeled by allowing for an interaction between exposures and the moderating factor.
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