Test for Mediation Effect

When your model having: Multiple IVs, Single Mediator

and Single DV
Print screen 1

Find folder mediate syntax and click on mediate syntax and press
open

Print screen 2

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Click Run and press All

And the message in the output will appear

GET
FILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Jude\Desktop\JUDEPHDfinaldata.sav'.
DATASET NAME DataSet1 WINDOW=FRONT.
/* MEDIATE for SPSS */.
/* Written by Andrew F. Hayes */.
/* The Ohio State University */.
/* http://www.afhayes.com */.
/* Version 050213 */.
set printback=off.

See below

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Then click File and New then Press Syntax

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This box will appear see Print screen 5

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Next you need to go to the file folder name Mediate syntax and
open the folder and click example multiple mediation.sps or
mediate syntax or click on the syntax.txt notepad

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If you click syntax.txt this notepad box will appear there is a command:
MEDIATE Y=OutFin/X=HCEmpCap HCEmpBeh/M=InnoPdt InnoPro InnoBeh InnoStr.
You highlight this syntax and copy it and paste it at the second box see below

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If you click example multiple mediation.sps you will see this syntax

command:
MEDIATE Y=OutFin/X=HCEmpCap HCEmpBeh/M=InnoPdt InnoPro InnoBeh InnoStr.

Next you need to type your Y=Dependent Variable/X=Independent

variables/M=Mediator
For example to test:
IV= Brand Benefits (Function, Symbolic, Social and Experiantial)
DV= Loyalty

Mediator= Satisfaction
(Make sure that when you key in the syntax must be the same as
what you had already compute mean the Independent variables,
Dependent variables and mediator)
TYPE THIS IN THE BOX
MEDIATE Y=LOYALTY/X=FUNCTIONAL SYMBOLIC SOCIAL
EXPERIENTIAL/M=SATISFACTION.

Print screen 9

Print screen 10

TYPE THIS IN THE BOX

MEDIATE Y=LOYALTY/X=FUNCTIONAL SYMBOLIC SOCIAL
EXPERIENTIAL/M=SATISFACTION.
Click RUN and ALL

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THE RESULT OF THE MEDIATOR ANALYSIS

[DataSet1] C:\Documents and Settings\Jude\Desktop\JUDEPHDfinaldata.sav
Run MATRIX procedure:
*************** MEDIATE Procedure for SPSS Release 050213 ****************
Written by Andrew F. Hayes, Ph.D.

http://www.afhayes.com

**************************************************************************
VARIABLES IN THE FULL MODEL:
Y = LOYALTY
M1 = SATISFAC
X = FUNCTION
SYMBOLIC
SOCIAL
EXPERIEN
**************************************************************************
OUTCOME VARIABLE:
SATISFAC
MODEL SUMMARY
R
.6965

R-sq
.4851

MODEL COEFFICIENTS
Coeff.
Constant
.4624
FUNCTION
.5775
SYMBOLIC
.1251
SOCIAL
.0274
EXPERIEN
.1665

Adj R-sq
.4815
s.e.
.1544
.0404
.0264
.0259
.0348

F
136.1411
t
2.9939
14.3044
4.7450
1.0576
4.7803

df1
4.0000

df2
578.0000

p
.0000

p
.0029
.0000
.0000
.2907
.0000

**************************************************************************
OUTCOME VARIABLE:

LOYALTY
MODEL SUMMARY
R
.6614

R-sq
.4374

adj R-sq
.4326

MODEL COEFFICIENTS
Coeff.
Constant
.8837
SATISFAC
.4059
FUNCTION
.2725
SYMBOLIC
.0388
SOCIAL
-.0303
EXPERIEN
.1083

s.e.
.1611
.0431
.0486
.0278
.0269
.0368

F
89.7301
t
5.4843
9.4257
5.6031
1.3963
-1.1254
2.9440

df1
5.0000

df2
577.0000

p
.0000

p
.0000
.0000
.0000
.1632
.2609
.0034

TEST OF HOMOGENEITY OF REGRESSION (X*M INTERACTION)

R-sq
F
df1
df2
SATISFAC
.0107
2.7899
4.0000
573.0000

p
.0258

**************************************************************************
INDIRECT EFFECT(S) THROUGH:
SATISFAC

FUNCTION
SYMBOLIC
SOCIAL
EXPERIEN

Effect
.2344
.0508
.0111
.0676

SE(boot)
.0342
.0137
.0126
.0251

LLCI
.1707
.0288
-.0127
.0279

ULCI
.3013
.0829
.0380
.1258

---------********************** ANALYSIS NOTES AND WARNINGS ***************************

Number of samples used for indirect effect confidence intervals:
1000
Level of confidence for confidence intervals:
95.0000
Bias corrected bootstrap confidence intervals for indirect effects are printed
in output
------ END MATRIX -----

CHECK ON THE INDIRECT EFFECT : IN BETWEEN LLCI (LOWER LEVEL OF

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS) AND ULCI (UPPER LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE
INTERVALS) SHOULD HAVE NO 0 (ZERO)

FUNCTION
SYMBOLIC
SOCIAL

Effect
.2344
.0508
.0111

SE(boot)
.0342
.0137
.0126

LLCI
.1707
.0288
-.0127

ULCI
.3013
.0829
.0380

EXPERIEN

.0676

.0251

.0279

.1258

Based on the results

FUNCTION
SYMBOLIC
SOCIAL
EXPERIEN

LLCI
.1707
.0288
-.0127
.0279

ULCI
.3013 (Mediation)
.0829 (Mediation)
.0380 (No mediation)there is 0 in between
.1258(Mediation)