25 January 2025 2 424 Report

Research Variables:

  • IV: Time spent on social media (tsm)
  • Moderator: Self-enhancing humor (enhan)
  • DV: Body satisfaction (bs)

Hypothesis: Humor moderates the relationship between time spent on social media (tsm) and body satisfaction (bs).

Findings:

  • Main Effects:
  • IV (tsm): Positive effect on bs (t=2.10, p=.04)
  • Moderator (enhan): Positive effect on bs (t=1.51, p=.13, not significant)
    • Interaction Effect: Significant but Negative effect on bs (t=-2.06, p=.04)

    Questions:

  • Is it common for interaction effects to be negative while main effects are positive?
  • How should I interpret the finding that those who spend more time on social media and use self-enhancing humor tend to have lower body satisfaction? This sounds quite counterintuitive.
  • Additional Information:

    • Zero-order correlations: Self-enhancing humor negatively correlated with avoidant attachment (r=-.34, p
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