I ran Process (Model 7) for my research and I found a significant interaction on the A path. I tested for the indirect effect and got a significant indirect effect, but the index of moderated mediation was not significant. This result feels odd because I have an interaction on the A path. It is my understanding that this would mean I would have significant moderated mediation for the indirect effect, but this is not what I found. Does anyone have any insight into this?
Greetings, Sanaz Solomon; congratulations on reaching this stage of your research. It could be possible that your moderating variable or your intervening variable is very close to your independent variables (IV), hence not significantly affecting your dependent variable (DV). I suggest you try a moderating variable that is not closely related to your IVs. I wish you all the best in your research.
Regards,
Daniel Deng Malok.
We need more time to learn about this issue and then provide opinions. Daniel Malok
Greetings Mohammed Saaida you are absolutely right, more information enables more analysing, insights and better recommendation that will assist the researcher. Thank you.
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