Mediation analysis with the PROCESS macro for SPSS

Authors

  • Juan José Fernández Muñoz Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Área de Psicología Social y de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento. Spain. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5519-7515
  • Juan Manuel García Gónzalez Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Sociología. Área de Sociología. Spain. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5738-1893

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/reire2017.10.218109

Keywords:

Mediation, Process, Direct Effects, Indirect Effects, Data Analysis

Abstract

Simple mediation, also called direct and indirect effect analysis, is used to analyze the effects of a mediator variable on the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent or explained variable. The PROCESS macro is an interface applied to SPSS to make mediation a simple, rapid statistical procedure. The main purpose of this study is to explain in clear and simple terms how to do this with the PROCESS macro for SPSS, so that any researcher can start to work with mediation analysis, whose use is widely extended in the social sciences. The results clearly reveal an indirect effect on the satisfaction with online education as displayed in the attitudes towards this. PROCESS allows users to apply mediation models quickly and easily and test different hypotheses once the data have been collected.

Author Biographies

Juan José Fernández Muñoz, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Área de Psicología Social y de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento. Spain.

Profesor Contratado Doctor en el Área de Psicología social y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Juan Manuel García Gónzalez, Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Sociología. Área de Sociología. Spain.

Profesor ayudante Doctor en el Departamento de Sociología de la Universidad Pablo Olavide de Sevilla. Ha sido profesor también en la UNED y en la Universidad Internacional de la Rioja.

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Published

2017-05-22

How to Cite

Fernández Muñoz, J. . J., & García Gónzalez, J. M. (2017). Mediation analysis with the PROCESS macro for SPSS. REIRE Revista d’Innovació I Recerca En Educació, 10(2), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.1344/reire2017.10.218109

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2017): (January-June, 2017)

Section

Methodological articles

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