Table 3.
Results of competing models of simple mediation, moderated mediation and dual moderated mediation
| Dependent variable: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M: Attitude | Y: Behaviour | ||||
| Model 1 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Step 1: Control Variables | |||||
| Age |
.01 (.01) |
.01 (.01) |
−.00 (.19) |
−.00 (.00) |
−.00 (.00) |
| Step 2: Mediator | |||||
| M: Attitude |
.69** (.04) |
.68** (.05) |
.33** (.11) |
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| Step 3: Independent variable | |||||
| X: Awareness |
−.29** (.05) |
−.27** (.05) |
−.07 (.04) |
−.07 (.04) |
−.06 (.04) |
| Step 4: Moderator | |||||
| W: Gender |
−.10 (.28) |
−1.53** (.58) |
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| Z: Technology use (Hours) |
−.12** (.03) |
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| Step 5: Moderating Effect | |||||
| M×W |
.03 (.08) |
.43** (.16) |
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| M×Z |
.03** (.01) |
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| W×Z |
.13** (.05) |
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| M×W×Z |
−.04** (.01) |
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| Constant |
2.55** (.19) |
2.68** (.19) |
.91** (.19) |
.94** (.20) |
2.24** (.40) |
| R2 | .08 | .06 | .49 | .50 | .52 |
| F Statistic |
15.94** (df = 2; 379) |
13.14** (df = 2; 379) |
123.94** (df = 3; 378) |
74.05** (df = 5; 376) |
43.92** (df = 9; 372) |
p* < .05, p** < .01