Table 5.
The direct and indirect effects of trust in informal information on Intention to adopt personal protective behaviours based on the simple mediation model
| Point estimate (SE) | Bootstrapping (95%CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||
| Direct effect | -0.04 (0.13) | -0.28 | 0.24 |
| Indirect effect | |||
| Via perceived Severity | -0.01 (0.01) | -0.04 | 0.01 |
| Via perceived Susceptibility | 0.01 (0.02) | -0.02 | 0.07 |
| Via perceived Self-efficacy | -0.07 (0.04) | -0.17 | -0.00 |
| Via perceived Response Efficacy | 0.57 (0.10)c | 0.39 | 0.77 |
| Total indirect effect | 0.50 (0.09)c | 0.33 | 0.69 |
| Total effect | 0.46 (0.16)b | 0.15 | 0.75 |
b p<0.01, c p<0.001