TABLE 4.
Standardized path coefficients of direct and indirect effects in the structural model.
| Paths | β | t | p | Bias-corrected 95%CIa |
Hypothesis Check | |
| LB | UB | |||||
| Direct effects | ||||||
| WM ← SN | 0.276*** | 4.656 | 0.000 | 0.164 | 0.392 | H1a: Supported |
| WM ← ATT | −0.035 | 0.641 | 0.521 | −0.139 | 0.073 | H1b: Not supported |
| WM ← PBC | 0.172** | 2.832 | 0.005 | 0.051 | 0.287 | H1c: Supported |
| WM ← PN | 0.132* | 2.374 | 0.018 | 0.025 | 0.243 | H2a: Supported |
| PN ← EC | 0.202*** | 4.778 | 0.000 | 0.116 | 0.282 | H2b: Supported |
| PN ← SN | 0.487*** | 13.009 | 0.000 | 0.411 | 0.555 | H2c: Supported |
| WM ← KNOW | 0.216*** | 4.539 | 0.000 | 0.123 | 0.306 | H3a: Supported |
| PBC ← KNOW | 0.253*** | 5.501 | 0.000 | 0.154 | 0.337 | H3b: Supported |
| PN ← KNOW | 0.108** | 2.580 | 0.010 | 0.028 | 0.190 | H3c: Supported |
| EC ← KNOW | 0.195*** | 4.260 | 0.000 | 0.098 | 0.278 | H3d: Supported |
| ATT ← KNOW | 0.244*** | 5.609 | 0.000 | 0.157 | 0.326 | H3e: Supported |
| WM ← PN × PBC | 0.106** | 3.030 | 0.003 | 0.033 | 0.169 | H4: Supported |
| Indirect effects | ||||||
| WM ← PN ← SN | 0.065* | 2.350 | 0.019 | 0.013 | 0.121 | |
| WM ← PN ← EC | 0.027* | 2.061 | 0.039 | 0.006 | 0.057 | |
| WM ← PBC ← KNOW | 0.043* | 2.324 | 0.020 | 0.012 | 0.084 | |
| WM ← PN ← KNOW | 0.014+ | 1.653 | 0.098 | 0.002 | 0.038 | |
| WM ← PN ← EC ← KNOW | 0.005+ | 1.779 | 0.075 | 0.001 | 0.013 | |
+p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. aBias-corrected 95%CIs were calculated using a bootstrap test with 5000 subsamples. WM, waste management behavior; SN, subjective norms; ATT, attitudes; PBC, perceived behavioral control; PN, personal norms; EC, environmental concern; KNOW, environmental knowledge.