TABLE 4.

The multiple mediating effect test.

Path			Bootstrapping
	Estimate	p-value	Bia-corrected 95% CI
Indirect effect
H9: Optimism → Positive entrepreneurial emotion n → Entrepreneurship intention	0.035**	0.004	0.010–0.076
H10: Overconfidence → Negative entrepreneurial emotion → Entrepreneurship intention	−0.059***	0.001	−0.113 to −0.026
Direct effect
Optimism → Entrepreneurship intention	0.193***	0.001	0.085–0.295
Overconfidence → Entrepreneurship intention	−0.148*	0.013	−0.260 to −0.034
Total effect
Optimism → Entrepreneurship intention	0.215***	0.001	0.102–0.325
Overconfidence → Entrepreneurship intention	−0.226***	0.001	−0.335 to −0.110

N = 312. Bootstrapping, random sampling 2,000 times. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.