Cascaded moderation on SmartPLS3?

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fearuil
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Cascaded moderation on SmartPLS3?

Post by fearuil »

I’ve theorised and shown an inverted-U relationship between an independent variable X1 and a dependent variable Y. To expand, I’ve found an insignificant linear effect but a negative quadratic effect (represented by X1squared).

I’ve also theorised and shown that another independent variable (X2) positive moderates the linear relationship between X1 and Y. My question is: Does the SmartPLS3 functionality allow me to test the moderating effect of X2 on the quadratic X1squared? My understanding here is that I'm effectively looking to carry out a cascading moderation where X2 interacts with X1squared.

I’ve looked hard for an answer but I am currently coming up with nothing. I tried to take the latent variable scores from each variable and input them manually into SmartPLS but this is biasing all of the results.

If you get any chance to reply I’d greatly appreciate it.
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