Table 3.

Path coefficients for parallel mediation model for COVID Safety Behaviours (CSBC)

Path	COVID Safety Behaviours (DV)
	Effect	Boot-LLCI	Boot-UCLI	SE	t	p-value
Total Effect	1.668	0.629	2.707	0.529	3.155	0.002
Direct Effect	1.396	0.089	2.703	0.665	2.010	0.036
IV-M1 (a1)	5.943	4.500	6.886	0.480	12.383	0.000
IV-M2 (a2)	11.187	9.536	12.837	0.840	13.318	0.000
M1-DV (b1)	0.046	−0.060	0.152	0.054	0.856	0.393
M2-DV (b2)	0.000	−0.061	0.060	0.031	−0.009	0.993
Total Indirect Effect	0.272	−0.590	1.154	0.439
IV-M1-DV (a1b1)	0.275	−0.323	0.855	0.298
IV-M2-DV (a2b2)	0.003	−0.708	0.738	0.364

Note: IV mental distress symptoms, DV COVID safety behaviours, M1 anxiety sensitivity-physical concerns, M2 intolerance of uncertainty. See Fig. 2