Hello everyone,
I am doing the path analysis in Mplus and I have problem with understanding the results where are I have indirect effect significant, also moderated mediation is significant (it can be calculated in Mplus) but direct and total effects are insignificant?
Thank you in advance
I would say this question is impossible to answer without knowing more about your specific model, data, and analysis/output.
- You can conclude that while there is no overall direct effect or total effect, there is a significant indirect effect when certain conditions or levels of the moderator are met.
- It's crucial to interpret the moderation effect and identify the specific conditions under which the mediation is significant. Look at the interaction between the independent variable, mediator, and moderator to understand when the mediation process is at play
Alhaji Modu Isa I would agree with you, but since "moderated mediation" is just a coarse topic, we do not know anything about the specific model. It may be that the pre mediator path is moderated, the post mediator path, the direct path or a combination thereof. Additionally, it depends if there a are metric or nominal predictors, how are they coded (e.g. effect, dummy) or are they centered or not. This is all very important, since the path are conditional in moderation and will change with changing values of the other predictors.
Therefore, we need more information to give concrete advices.
First of all thank you all for your answers.
All my independent variables are nominal so when I entered them in the model I made dummy variables (one category is always excluded), my moderator is binary, mediator is continuous and dependent is also binary.
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