Hello everyone,
I am using 4 questionnaires to measure mind-wandering (MWQ, Likert-scale 1-6), mindfulness (MAAS, Likert-scale 1-6), self-control (SCS, Likert-scale 1-5), and metacognition (MCQ, Likert-scale 1-4).
To measure the results for these questionnaires I had to find the mean for the first 3 (MWQ, MAAS, and SCS) and sum the last one (MCQ). I am running a serial mediation analysis (Hayes Model 6) to see if mindfulness and self-control mediates the relationship between mind-wandering and metacognition.
My question is, should I standardise the results of the MCQ since they are summed or will they be ok as they are?
Thank you in advance for your answer.
Aris
A suggestion for mediation these variables as being likert options can be evaluated as an ordinal variable in its total score, perform an SEM analysis to assess the latent structure and determine that there is a correlation between the variables to perform the mediation process
Hi Aris,
I assume you are using PROCESS in SPSS to run the analysis? The scores will automatically be standardised for the analysis, so no need to worry about standardising them yourself.
Good luck with your research,
Rachel
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