FIGURE 4.

Mediation model showing the positive effect of faculty mentor role modeling on science career persistence intentions at the end of summer through its positive influence on science community values. a-path: positive effect of faculty mentor role modeling on science community values (controlling for baseline levels of values); b-path: positive effect of science community values on science career persistence intentions at the end of summer (controlling for all other predictors in the model); c-path: total effect role modeling on persistence intentions (not controlling for other factors in the model); c′-path: direct effect of role modeling on persistence intentions (controlling for all other factors in the model); a × b: indirect or mediated positive effect of faculty mentor role modeling on science career persistence intentions at the end of summer through its positive influence on science community values; nonsignificant paths and contrast-coded indicators of program not included in this diagram for the sake of parsimony. ***, p < 0.001.