In my thesis, I conducted a mediation analysis. My Iv is categorical (marital status with five subgroups), DV is depression, and mediator variable is loneliness. I used PROCESS, but now I don't know how I report it in APA style. Because there are four different X in my result. So how can I report the results?
Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach
Hayes, A. F. (2017). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach. Guilford publications.
@Zehra you need to display your results from Process Macro output so that others can suggest accordingly. It becomes confusing to comprehend your query as you mentioned in the end that there are four different X in your results which seems unlikely since Process Macro works only with only one IV (X), DV (Y), and mediator (M) at a time.
If you have a categorical IV in that model then it can only have 2 levels. If you have 5 levels(categories) which I assume are numbered (e.g. 1-5) then PROCESS will treat it like an ordinal variable which is not necessarily how you want it to be treated. If your IV has five distinct categories then you can't use it as a IV in a PROCESS mediation model. Perhaps you can elaborate on what you're testing as there might be other models you can use.
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