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. 2022 Apr 20;37(17):e129. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e129

Table 4. The results of direct, indirect, and total effects on mediation analysis.

Effect Standardized estimator Standard error Z-value P 95% CI
Direct effect
Susceptibility → Distancing −0.07 0.09 −1.16 0.246 −0.27 to 0.07
Social injunctive norms → Distancing 0.22 0.19 4.22 < 0.001 0.44 to 1.19
Personal injunctive norms → Distancing 0.16 0.25 2.84 0.004 0.22 to 1.21
Indirect effect
Susceptibility → Benefit → Distancing 0.09 0.03 3.93 < 0.001 0.06 to 0.19
Susceptibility → SAVE-6 → Distancing 0.13 0.05 3.63 < 0.001 0.08 to 0.28
Social injunctive norms → Benefit → Distancing 0.03 0.06 1.87 0.061 −0.01 to 0.23
Social injunctive norms → SAVE-6 → Distancing 0.03 0.05 2.21 0.027 0.01 to 0.21
Personal injunctive norms → Benefit → Distancing 0.11 0.11 4.12 < 0.001 0.25 to 0.70
Personal injunctive norms → SAVE-6 → Distancing 0.01 0.05 0.76 0.447 −0.01 to 0.14
Component
Susceptibility → Benefit 0.30 0.05 5.95 < 0.001 0.21 to 0.41
Benefit → Distancing 0.30 0.08 5.23 < 0.001 0.25 to 0.56
Susceptibility → SAVE-6 0.58 0.08 12.03 < 0.001 0.85 to 1.18
SAVE-6 → Distancing 0.22 0.05 3.80 < 0.001 0.09 to 0.27
Social injunctive norms → Benefit 0.11 0.14 2.00 0.045 0.01 to 0.56
Social injunctive norms → SAVE-6 0.14 0.23 2.71 0.007 0.17 to 1.08
Personal injunctive norms → Benefit 0.37 0.17 6.71 < 0.001 0.82 to 1.51
Personal injunctive norms → SAVE-6 0.04 0.28 0.77 0.441 −0.34 to 0.78
Total effect
Susceptibility → Distancing 0.15 0.07 2.78 0.005 0.06 to 0.35
Social injunctive norms → Distancing 0.28 0.20 5.16 < 0.001 0.64 to 1.44
Personal injunctive norms → Distancing 0.28 0.25 4.92 < 0.001 0.74 to 1.72

CI = confidence interval, SAVE-6 = Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items.