Table 3.
Estimates of the structural models
| Hypothesis | Unstandardized Regression Weights |
SE | Standardized Regression Weights | C.R | sig | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | ||||||||
| Institutional trust | → | Hypothetical distance | 0.189 | 0.052 | 0.206 | 3.637 | * | Supported |
| Risk salience | → | Hypothetical distance | 0.869 | 0.072 | 0.929 | 11.998 | * | Supported |
| Institutional trust | → | Personal Efficacy | 0.207 | 0.057 | 0.235 | 3.676 | * | Supported |
| Risk salience | → | Risk perception | 0.226 | 0.044 | 0.358 | 5.152 | * | Supported |
| Risk salience | → | Personal Efficacy | 0.068 | 0.185 | 0.075 | 0.367 | 0.714 | Rejected |
| NEP | → | Personal Efficacy | 0.608 | 0.276 | 0.475 | 2.203 | 0.028 | Supported |
| Personal Efficacy | → | Responsibility | 0.434 | 0.063 | 0.457 | 6.921 | * | Supported |
| Hypothetical distance | → | Responsibility | 0.406 | 0.058 | 0.445 | 6.964 | * | Supported |
| Personal Efficacy | → | Personal mitigation | 0.300 | 0.066 | 0.345 | 4.518 | * | Supported |
| Responsibility | → | Personal mitigation | 0.235 | 0.083 | 0.256 | 2.837 | 0.005 | Supported |
| Risk perception | → | Personal mitigation | 0.215 | 0.068 | 0.173 | 3.155 | 0.002 | Supported |
| Hypothetical distance (Belief in happening) | → | Personal mitigation | 0.343 | 0.064 | 0.411 | 5.374 | * | Supported |
| Model 2 | ||||||||
| Institutional trust | → | Hypothetical distance | 0.182 | 0.052 | 0.198 | 3.521 | * | Supported |
| Risk salience | → | Hypothetical distance | 0.860 | 0.072 | 0.923 | 11.972 | * | Supported |
| Institutional trust | → | Personal Efficacy | 0.188 | 0.055 | 0.218 | 3.421 | * | Supported |
| Risk salience | → | Risk perception | 0.224 | 0.044 | 0.357 | 5.136 | * | Supported |
| Risk salience | → | Personal Efficacy | 0.081 | 0.171 | 0.093 | 0.475 | 0.635 | Rejected |
| NEP | → | Personal Efficacy | 0.613 | 0.258 | 0.491 | 2.374 | 0.018 | Supported |
| Personal Efficacy | → | Responsibility | 0.451 | 0.065 | 0.474 | 6.924 | * | Supported |
| Hypothetical distance | → | Responsibility | 0.383 | 0.058 | 0.430 | 6.620 | * | Supported |
| Personal Efficacy | → | Professional mitigation | 0.337 | 0.061 | 0.393 | 5.542 | * | Supported |
| Responsibility | → | Professional mitigation | 0.478 | 0.078 | 0.529 | 6.139 | * | Supported |
| Risk perception | → | Professional mitigation | 0.122 | 0.054 | 0.102 | 2.279 | 0.023 | Supported |
| Hypothetical distance | → | Professional mitigation | 0.147 | 0.049 | 0.182 | 2.298 | 0.003 | Supported |
Sig significance
*p < 0.001