Hi all,
I have conducted a mediation analysis with Hayes PROCESS model 4. The overall mediation was not significant. Now, I am wondering the following:
If the mediation and the b path within the mediation are not significant, can I conclude that there is no relationship between the mediator and the dependent variable? Or should I further test this using another analysis, for example simple linear regression?
In included part of my analysis and the visual representation of this below.

I have conducted a mediation analysis with Hayes PROCESS model 4. The overall mediation was not significant. Now, I am wondering the following:
If the mediation and the b path within the mediation are not significant, can I conclude that there is no relationship between the mediator and the dependent variable? Or should I further test this using another analysis, for example simple linear regression?
In included part of my analysis and the visual representation of this below.

