Table 1.
Path A: effect purchase → self-identity | Path B: effect self-identity → positive emotions, controlled for purchase | Path C: effect purchase → positive emotions, controlled for self-identity | Path C': effect purchase → positive emotions | Bootstrap results for indirect effect | ||||||||||||
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B | SE | t | B | SE | t | B | SE | t | B | SE | t | ab | SE | LL 95 CI | UL 95 CI | |
Yes/No environmentally-friendly purchase | 0.86*** | 0.19 | 4.46 | 0.18* | 0.08 | 2.27 | –0.14 | 0.20 | –0.72 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.36 |
Percentage environmentally-friendly purchase | 0.01* | 0.006 | 2.24 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0.01* | 0.006 | 2.12 | 0.01* | 0.006 | 2.41 | 0.0009 | 0.002 | –0.002 | 0.005 |
ab, difference between the coefficient of (percentage of) environmentally-friendly purchase (X) in the analysis with (Path C) and the analysis without (Path C') environmental self-identity (M) as a covariate, LL 95 CI, Lower limit of 95% confidence interval; UL 95 CI, Upper limit of 95% confidence interval,
p < 0.05,
p < 0.001(2-tailed).