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
Yes, it is entirely possible to have a negative interaction effect when both of the variables have positive effects. You should do a search to read more about "linear by linear" interaction effects.