I have conducted a moderation analysis with two independent moderators. (Using Hayes Process model 2). I have attached the output for your reference.
I am looking for the impact that financial wellbeing and gender has the relationship between marital status and loneliness.
My variables are:
Y: Loneliness (continuous variable - low values indicating low loneliness)
X: Marital status (single or married- dummy coded to have single as the reference category)
W (mod1): Financial wellbeing (continuous- low values indicating low financial wellbeing)
Z (mod2): Gender (male or female- dummy coded to have male as the reference category)
As you will see, all the p-values show significance
I have to questions:
1. Is this selection of variables appropriate for the moderation analysis I am undertaking?
2. Can someone please help me interpret this output? When interpreting the conditional effect I am seeing all the values under 'effect' are negative but I am not sure how to interpret this in relation to the predictor (being single coded as 0).
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
A moderator analysis is used to determine whether the relationship between two variables depends on (is moderated by) the value of a third variable. This relationship is commonly between:
1. A continuous dependent variable and continuous independent variable, which is modified by a dichotomous moderator variable;
2. A continuous dependent variable and continuous independent variable, which is modified by a polychromous moderator variable; or
3. A continuous dependent variable and continuous independent variable, which is modified by a continuous moderator variable. In this guide,
https://statistics.laerd.com/spss-tutorials/dichotomous-moderator-analysis-using-spss-statistics.php
https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/575456/how-to-interpret-output-of-a-moderation-with-2-moderators-1-dichotomous-1-cont
https://statistics.laerd.com/statistical-guides/types-of-variable.php#:~:text=Dichotomous%20variables%20are%20nominal%20variables,and%20also%20a%20nominal%20variable).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhh7OjVX-U
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheffield.ac.uk%2Fpolopoly_fs%2F1.885172!%2Ffile%2F90_Moderation_Meditation.pdf&psig=AOvVaw0GfUn96lVPQF1oV2ByoKDz&ust=1653827367907000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCJicr5uZgvgCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAT