Table 3.

Direct effects of path models predicting performance of and intentions to perform health protective behaviors (N = 3394)^a.

VARIABLE	Outcome Variables				Mediators
	SEM 1: Performance of Health Protective Behaviorsb		SEM 2: Intentions to Perform Health Protective Behaviorsb		Ebola-related Risk Perceptions		Ebola-related Worry and Fear
	b	(95% CI)	b	(95% CI)	b	(95% CI)	b	(95% CI)
Ebola-related Media Exposure
Hours per Day	0.04	−0.09, 0.18	0.01	−0.05, 0.07	5.08	1.96, 8.21**	0.30	0.22, 0.39***
Graphic Images	0.08	0.01, 0.15*	0.01	−0.03, 0.04	−0.68	−2.59, 1.22	0.11	0.06, 0.16***
Mediators
Ebola-related Risk Perceptions	0.01	0.002, 0.01***	0.01	0.004, 0.01***	–	–	–	–
Ebola-related Worry and Fear	0.23	0.13, 0.33***	0.04	−0.004, 0.08	–	–	–	–
Covariates
Prior Mental Health Diagnosis	−0.10	−0.21, 0.003	−0.03	−0.08, 0.02	1.57	−1.06, 4.20	0.06	−0.01, 0.12
Age	0.00	0.00, 0.00	0.003	0.001, 0.01**	−0.08	−0.16, 0.01	0.00	0.00, 0.00
Male genderc	−0.03	−0.16, 0.10	−0.07	−0.13, −0.01*	−3.80	−6.72, −0.87*	−0.02	−0.10, 0.05
Income	−0.03	−0.07, 0.01	0.002	−0.01, 0.02	−0.85	−1.63, −0.07*	−0.02	−0.04, −0.01**
College Educationd	−0.23	−0.40, −0.06**	−0.02	−0.08, 0.04	−5.10	−8.39, −1.80**	−0.11	−0.18, −0.04**
Ethnicitye
Black	0.12	−0.12, 0.36	0.08	−0.03, 0.18	−5.88	−11.69, −0.06*	0.09	−0.07, 0.25
Hispanic	0.28	0.10, 0.47**	−0.14	−0.25, −0.03*	3.28	−1.88, 8.45	0.18	0.06, 0.31**
Mixed Race/Other, Non-Hispanic	0.04	−0.27, 0.34	0.05	−0.08, 0.19	−0.16	−6.32, 5.99	0.39	0.23, 0.55***
Regionf
Boston	−0.03	−0.23, 0.18	−0.11	−0.19, −0.02*	−4.78	−8.99, −0.57*	−0.06	−0.15, 0.02
New York	−0.17	−0.34, 0.01	−0.13	−0.22, −0.05**	−0.87	−4.99, 3.26	0.03	−0.07, 0.13
Constant	−1.02	−1.35, −0.68***	0.43	0.28, 0.59***	43.53	36.59, 50.46***	0.98	0.81, 1.14***

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001.

^aNs vary due to missing data.

^bResults may be interpreted as log odds increases in counts.

^cFemale = 0 (reference group).

^dLess than college education = 0 (reference group).

^eWhite = 0 (reference group).

^fNational sample = 0 (reference group).