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. 2021 Oct 19;9(10):1204. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9101204

Table 3.

The effects of the pathways from frequencies of social media exposure/interpersonal discussion to intentions of COVID-19 vaccination based on 5000 bootstrapped samples.

Pathways Intention of Free COVID-19 Vaccination Intention of Self-Paid COVID-19 Vaccination
β p Value β p Value
Independent variable (IV): social media exposure
1. Total effect: IV → outcome 0.080 0.03 * 0.101 0.004 **
2. Direct effect: IV → outcome 0.029 0.41 0.059 0.09
3. Indirect effect:
(1) IV → perceived vaccine efficacy → outcome 0.056 <0.001 *** 0.047 <0.001 ***
(2) IV → perceived duration of protection → outcome 0.004 0.31 0.002 0.45
(3) IV → perceived effectiveness in preventing resurgences → outcome −0.009 0.03 * −0.007 0.04 *
IV: interpersonal discussion
1. Total effect: IV → outcome 0.115 0.003 ** 0.132 <0.001 ***
2. Direct effect: IV → outcome 0.071 0.07 0.097 0.007 **
3. Indirect effect:
(1) IV → perceived vaccine efficacy → outcome 0.030 0.004 ** 0.025 0.005 **
(2) IV → perceived duration of protection → outcome 0.007 0.20 0.005 0.38
(3) IV → perceived effectiveness in preventing resurgences → outcome 0.007 0.07 0.005 0.10

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.