Table 4. The results of direct, indirect, and total effects on mediation analysis.
Effect | Standardized estimator | Standard error | Z-value | P | 95% CI | |
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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.