Table 4.

Bootstrap test of the mediating effect of social support on anxiety.

Pathways	Estimate	Standard error	95% CI	p
Total effect
Social support→anxiety	−2.63	0.79	−4.40 to −1.44	.001
Direct effect
Social support→anxiety	−1.44	0.63	−2.74 to −0.35	.015
Social support→risk perception	−0.55	0.22	−1.06 to −0.25	.001
Risk perception→anxiety	2.15	0.42	1.36 to 3.05	.001
Indirect effect
Social support→risk perception→anxiety	−1.19	0.53	−2.49 to −0.51	.001

CI: confidence interval.