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. 2021 Mar 11;7(3):e06383. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06383

Table 10.

Multiple mediation analysis.

Path Specific Indirect effects Total effects VAF Bias Bootstrap 95% Confidence Interval
Mediation
2.50% 97.50%
Reputation -> Trust Vendor -> BuyFreq 0.099 0.179 0.553 0.001 0.030 0.174 Partial Mediation
Gam -> Use -> BuyFreq 0.129 0.129 1 0.01 0.025 0.216 Full Mediation
PEOU -> IU -> Use -> BuyFreq 0.064 0.107 0.598 -0.001 0.004 0.138 Partial Mediation
PEOU -> PU -> IU -> Use -> BuyFreq 0.042 0.107 0.393 0.001 0.019 0.075 Partial Mediation
Reputation -> Trust Vendor -> IU -> Use -> BuyFreq 0.080 0.179 0.447 0.001 0.035 0.131 Partial Mediation
PEOU -> PU -> IU 0.128 0.324 0.395 0.003 0.062 0.207 Partial Mediation
Reputation -> Trust Vendor -> IU 0.242 0.242 1 0.005 0.1 0.386 Full Mediation
Reputation -> Trust Vendor -> BuyFreq -> ReBuy 0.040 0.353 0.113 0 0.012 0.08 No Mediation
Gam -> Use -> BuyFreq -> ReBuy 0.051 0.082 0.622 0.004 0.014 0.102 Partial Mediation
PEOU -> IU -> Use -> BuyFreq -> ReBuy 0.026 0.068 0.382 0 0.003 0.067 Partial Mediation
PEOU -> PU -> IU -> Use -> BuyFreq -> ReBuy 0.017 0.068 0.250 0.001 0.007 0.036 Partial Mediation
Reputation -> Trust Vendor -> IU -> Use -> BuyFreq -> ReBuy 0.032 0.353 0.091 0 0.013 0.062 No Mediation
Reputation -> Trust Vendor -> ReBuy 0.263 0.353 0.745 0.002 0.169 0.369 Partial Mediation
Gam -> Use -> ReBuy 0.031 0.082 0.378 0.002 0 0.075 Partial Mediation
PEOU -> IU -> Use -> ReBuy 0.015 0.068 0.221 0 0 0.049 Partial Mediation
PEOU -> PU -> IU -> Use -> ReBuy 0.010 0.068 0.147 0 0.001 0.026 No Mediation
Reputation -> Trust Vendor -> IU -> Use -> ReBuy 0.019 0.353 0.054 0 0.003 0.045 No Mediation
PEOU -> IU -> Use 0.084 0.138 0.609 -0.001 0.005 0.175 Partial Mediation
PEOU -> PU -> IU -> Use 0.055 0.138 0.399 0.001 0.025 0.095 Partial Mediation
Reputation -> Trust Vendor -> IU -> Use 0.103 0.103 1 0.001 0.046 0.173 Full Mediation

Note: VAF would be smaller than 0.2 in the presence of a significant indirect effect (VAF <0.2, no mediation; 0.2 ≤ VAF ≤0.8, partial mediation; VAF >0.8, full mediation).