suppression in simple mediation

Posted by Salbod on Apr 05, 2022; 9:21pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/suppression-in-simple-mediation-tp5740976.html

Good afternoon.
 
I had suppression occur in a simple mediation analysis (Process 4.0). Can the mediation hypothesis still be discussed or does the suppression effect become the focus of the interpretation? Here is the output:
(C) Total X->Y = -.5439 (p<.05)
(A) X->M = .0892 (p <.001)
(C’) Direct X->Y = -1.2771 (p <.001) and (B) M->Y = 8.220 (p <.001)
(AB) Indirect X->M->Y = .7332 (Boot-CI: .4792, 1.0295l)

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Steve (Pace U-NYC)