I agree that you could start with resources on the web. David Kenny is one of the originators of the terms mediator and moderator, and he has an excellent website:
This might be of interest to you - as a gentle introduction to the concepts and to literature in the field: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299598926_Mediation_Moderation_and_Interaction_Definitions_Discrimination_and_some_means_of_testing
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