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. 2016 Dec 15;14(4):850. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2016.04.850

Table 2.

Estimates of a and b paths for effects of independent variables on mediators and mediators on dependent variable

Mediators, M Model

1 (Y = INT, X = ATT) 2 (Y = INT, X = SN) 3 (Y = INT, X = PC)
X toM (a-paths)

Knowledge score 0.0583 0.0579 0.0548
(0.0173) (0.0201) (0.0167)
0.0008 0.0043 0.0011

Expectations score 0.7783 0.8396 0.7968
(0.0599) (0.0715) (0.0562)
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

M to Y (b-paths)

Knowledge score 0.2587 0.2395 0.1851
(0.0940) (0.0800) (0.0660)
0.0062 0.0029 0.0053

Expectations score 0.1818 0.1306 0.0441
(0.0271) (0.0225) (0.0196)
0.0000 0.0000 0.0250

Note: Figures in boldface denotes the unstandardized coefficients (beta). Figures in parentheses (·) denote standard errors, and italics denote p-values.