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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2013 Mar 26;36(4):330–348. doi: 10.1002/nur.21544

Table 2.

Total Standardized Effects (with 90% Confidence Intervals) of Attributes on Beliefs, Emotion, and Intentions

Attributes of Distance Maps
Attributes of Cluster Location Maps
Dependent Variables Hazard Level Distance Prevalence Hazard Level Cluster Location Cluster Density
Susceptibility .567 [.544, .591] .448 [.424, .472] .106 [.083, .129] .469 [.429, .509] .522 [.491, .553] .112 [.066, .158]
Locational social comparison .382 [.353, .410] .515 [.489, .542] −.064 [−.090, −.037] .300 [.249, .350] .515 [.481, .548] .119 [.068, .171]
Severity .079 [.041, .117] .054 [.028, .080] .019§ [−.012, .049] .068§ [−.004, .140] .111 [.085, .138] .029§ [−.043, .102]
Serious problem .525 [.497, .553] .388 [.360, .417] .100 [.073, .127] .266 [.213, .318] .484 [.446, .522] .092** [.034, .149]
Distress .400 [.369, .432] .280 [.252, .309] .079 [.051, .107] .179 [.111, .248] .312 [.280, .345] .110** [.042, .178]
Monitor intentions .413 [.378, .448] .300 [.267, .333] .089 [.059, .119] .123 [.064, .182] .302 [.260, .343] .087* [.027, .148]
Mitigate intentions .444 [.417, .470] .384 [.357, .410] .078 [.051, .105] .224 [.164, .285] .452 [.418, .486] .115** [.052, .178]

Analysis by Hazard Levela

Intentions: Hazard Level 3
 Monitor intentions .391 [.336, .446] .005§ [−.057, .066] .298 [.221, .374] .061§ [−.021, .143]
 Mitigate intentions .516 [.469, .564] .034§ [−.017, .085] .532 [.482, .582] .108* [.022, .193]
Intentions: Hazard Level 2
 Monitor intentions .448 [.356, .541] .135** [.058, .211] .311 [.264, .358] .106* [.018, .193]
 Mitigate intentions .426 [.338, .514] .106* [.034, .178] .407 [.361, .454] .125* [.029, .220]
Intentions: Hazard Level 1
 Monitor intentions −.027§ [−.120, .067]
 Mitigate intentions .039§ [−.058, .137]

Notes: Significant at p < .001 unless otherwise noted;

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

§

= non-significant.

a

Results from analysis to follow up on interaction effects between hazard level and proximity variables. Path models were analyzed for each hazard level.