Table 3.
Direct and Indirect Effects Estimate
| Structural Paths | B | SE | β | t | p | 95% CI Lower Bound |
95% CI Upper Bound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | |||||||
| COVID-19 phobia → loneliness | 0.085 | 0.024 | 0.210 | 3.463 | 0.001 | 0.037 | 0.133 |
| COVID-19 phobia → social support | − 0.008 | 0.011 | − 0.047 | − 0.765 | 0.445 | − 0.029 | 0.013 |
| COVID-19 phobia → intention to abandon nursing studies | 0.084 | 0.017 | 0.293 | 4.939 | 0.001 | 0.051 | 0.118 |
| COVID-19 phobia → coping | − 0.016 | 0.006 | − 0.177 | -2.898 | 0.004 | − 0.027 | − 0.005 |
| Step 2 | |||||||
| Social support → loneliness | -1.155 | 0.126 | − 0.496 | -9.198 | 0.001 | -1.403 | − 0.908 |
| Coping → loneliness | -1.715 | 0.251 | − 0.390 | -6.825 | 0.001 | -2.210 | -1.220 |
| Social support → intention to abandon nursing studies | − 0.214 | 0.102 | − 0.129 | -2.092 | 0.037 | − 0.416 | − 0.013 |
| Coping → intention to abandon nursing studies | -1.019 | 0.184 | − 0.325 | -5.535 | 0.001 | -1.382 | − 0.657 |
| Step 3 | |||||||
| COVID-19 phobia → social support → loneliness | 0.075 | 0.021 | 0.187 | 3.543 | 0.001 | 0.033 | 0.117 |
| COVID-19 phobia → coping → loneliness | 0.059 | 0.023 | 0.146 | 2.533 | 0.012 | 0.013 | 0.104 |
| COVID-19 phobia → social support → intention to abandon nursing studies | 0.083 | 0.017 | 0.288 | 4.867 | 0.001 | 0.049 | 0.116 |
| COVID-19 phobia → coping → intention to abandon nursing studies | 0.070 | 0.017 | 0.243 | 4.206 | 0.001 | 0.037 | 0.103 |