Table 7.

Bootstrap estimation of mediation effects.

Variables	Total Effect	Direct Effect	Indirect Effect	95% CIs of Indirect Effect
				Lower Bound	Upper Bound
government communication → risk perception → adoption of PARs	0.039 *	0.020	0.019 ***	0.009	0.029
government prevention and control → risk perception → adoption of PARs	0.236 ***	0.161 ***	0.075 ***	0.061	0.095
government rescue → risk perception → adoption of PARs	0.124 ***	0.081 ***	0.043 ***	0.030	0.055

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.