Table 7.

Results of mediation effect.

Hypothesized path	Direct model without mediation	Standardized direct model with mediation	Standardized indirect model with mediation	CRa	Mediation effect	Hypothesis supported
Age-friendly environment → social connectedness	0.13∗	0.13∗	NA	2.34	NA	NA
Age-friendly environment → active aging	0.25∗∗	0.19∗∗	NA	3.89	NA	NA
Social connectedness → active aging	0.42∗∗	0.39∗∗	NA	7.52	NA	NA
Age-friendly environment → social connectedness → active aging	NA	NA	0.05∗∗	NA	Yes/partial	Yes

Notes: ^aCR denotes critical ratio; NA denotes not applicable; ^∗∗path is significant at p ≤ 0.01; ^∗path is significant at p ≤ 0.05; Sobel test = 2.23 (p value = 0.03) calculated through a web-calculator developed by Preacher and Leonardelli [42].