Table 5.
Sobel test of the mediating effects of eHealth literacy on the association between individual factors and health behaviors.
| Pathway | Independent to dependent variable, β | Sobel test | P | |
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Table 1 | Table 3 |
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| Health status→functional eHealth literacy→eating | .23 | .21 | 1.96 | .05 |
| Majors→functional eHealth literacy→eating | .08 | .06 | 1.32 | .19 |
| Health concern→functional eHealth literacy→eating | .30 | .27 | 2.72 | <.001 |
| Health status→critical eHealth literacy→eating | .23 | .21 | 2.19 | .02 |
| Majors→critical eHealth literacy→eating | .08 | .06 | 1.17 | .24 |
| Health concern→critical eHealth literacy→eating | .30 | .27 | 2.39 | .01 |
| Frequency of health-related discussions→critical eHealth literacy→eating | .10 | .08 | 1.56 | .11 |
| Health status→functional eHealth literacy→exercise | .24 | .21 | 1.95 | .05 |
| Health concern→functional eHealth literacy→exercise | .17 | .13 | 2.09 | .03 |
| Health status→critical eHealth literacy→exercise | .24 | .21 | 2.18 | .02 |
| Health concern→critical eHealth literacy→exercise | .17 | .13 | 1.93 | .05 |
| Health status→critical eHealth literacy→sleep | .27 | .25 | 2.23 | .02 |
| Health concern→critical eHealth literacy→sleep | .16 | .13 | 0.01 | .99 |