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. 2020 Jul 10;15(7):e0235957. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235957

Table 4. The results of conducted path analysis for study case III on 262 undergraduates students in Psychology, UB (path (1) model) and study case IV on 310 master's students in educational science and environmental science, UVABc (path (2) model).

Hypothesized path	Study case III				Study case IV
	Standardized causal effects for the model			t-value	Standardized causal effects for the model			t-value
	Direct effect	Indirect effect	Total effect	t-value	Direct effect	Indirect effect	Total effect	t-value
Traditional→Barriers (H1)	0.290		0.290	5.422^**	0.167		0.167	3.392^*
Modern→Ease (H2)	0.273		0.273	4.812^**	0.314		0.314	5.890^**
Anxiety→Ease (H3)	-0.293		-0.293	-5.163^**	-0.150		-0.150	-2.807^*
Anxiety→Barriers (H4)	0.410		0.410	7.670^**	0.472		0.472	9.578^**
Anxiety→ Usefulness (H5)	-0.337	0.050 (NS)	-0.287	-7.023^**	-0.473	0.137^*	-0.337	-10.682^**
Barriers→Usefulness (H6)	0.346		0.346	7.175^**	0.379		0.379	8.515^**
Ease→Usefulness (H7)	0.315		0.315	7.060^**	0.283		0.283	7.020^**
Traditional→Usefulness (H8)	0.372		0.372	8.272^**	0.364	0.063^*	0.427	8.982^**
Ease→ Intention (H9)	0.212	0.180^*	0.392	5.583^**	0.398	0.103^*	0.501	9.331^**
Usefulness→ Intention (H10)	0.572		0.572	12.970^**	0.365		0.365	7.661^**
Traditional→ Intention (H11)	0.236	0.270^**	0.506	5.919^**	0.175	0.156^*	0.331^*	3.954^**
Modern→ Usefulness (H12)		0.080^*	0.080^*			0.089^*	0.089^*
Modern→ Intention (H13)		0.107^*	0.107^*			0.157^*	0.157^*
Anxiety→ Intention (H14)		-0.227^*	-0.227^*			-0.182^*	-0.182^*
Barriers→ Intention (H15)		0.198^*	0.198^*			0.138^*	0.138^*

NS = Not significant;

*p < .05;

**p < .001