Holling (1983) suggested a definition of suppression in terms of the relations between the independent variables (predictors) and the linear combination for predicting the dependent variable (criterion). However, Holling's definition includes only a subset of Conger's absolute suppression situations. The present work suggests a definition of suppression situations that is in line with Holling's ideas and with Conger's definition of suppression.
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