. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 19.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2009 Apr–May;14(3):262–275. doi: 10.1080/10810730902805838

Table 3.

Model Fit Statistics for Hypothesis 3b: Perceived Alcohol-attributable Fraction Mediates Effects of Crime/Accident News Attention on Policy Outcomes

Policy outcome	χ²	df	p.value	CFI	RMSEA
Enforce laws	263	49	<.001	0.96	0.07
Limit alc. ads	234	49	<.001	0.97	0.06

Note: the indirect paths including severity were removed from these models, as severity did not meet necessary criteria for serving as a mediator (i.e., did not predict the outcome variables).