I am proposing that social comparisons on social media will mediate the relationship between passive social media use and social anxiety, and that gender will moderate this association, such that 1. the effects of passive social media on social comparisons, and 2. the effects of social comparisons on social anxiety, both are stronger in females than males.
Following link and book will be helpful:
1. https://afhayes.com/introduction-to-mediation-moderation-and-conditional-process-analysis.html
2. Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis: A Regression-Based Approach by Andrew F. Hayes
I'd also recommend using Hayes' PROCESS macro for SPSS - it's very user friendly and maps easily onto the models listed in " Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis: A Regression-Based Approach". I've tended to find that the simpler models (like the one you propose) tend to run better, though I might have been having power issues.
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