Table 3. The effects (direct and indirect) of antecedent and mediation (prospective IU & inhibitive IU) variables on religiousness in the students’ sample.
| Effect on M1 | Effect on M2 | Direct effect on Y | Indirect effect (on Y) mediated by M1 | Indirect effect (on Y) mediated by M2 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cof. | SE | t | Cof. | SE | t | Cof. | SE | t | Cof. | SE | LCI | UCI | Cof. | SE | LCI | UCI | |
| IUP | 0.9 | 0.13 | 6.8*** | ||||||||||||||
| IUI | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||
| C1 | 0.96 | 0.45 | 2.1* | 0.73 | 0.39 | 1.9 | -0.89 | 1.35 | -0.7 | 0.86 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 1.71 | 0.05 | 0.13 | -0.2 | 0.36 |
| C2 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.3 | -0.36 | 0.43 | -0.8 | -5.34 | 1.48 | -3.6*** | 0.12 | 0.47 | -0.79 | 1.06 | -0.03 | 0.09 | -0.3 | 0.14 |
| X*M | F(2, 816) = 0.2, p = .8 | F(2, 816) = 0.8, p = .4 | |||||||||||||||
| I1 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 0.7 | 0.34 | 0.88 | 0.4 | 4.48 | 2.99 | 1.5 | 0.62 | 1.03 | -1.37 | 2.72 | 0.02 | 0.15 | -0.25 | 0.39 |
| I2 | 1.15 | 0.70 | 1.7 | .82 | .61 | 1.4 | 4.24 | 2.07 | 2.1* | 1.03 | 0.68 | -0.21 | 2.48 | 0.06 | 0.16 | -0.27 | 0.42 |
| I3 | 0.86 | 0.49 | 1.8 | 0.91 | 0.43 | 2.1* | -0.1 | 1.47 | -0.1 | 0.77 | 0.47 | -0.14 | 1.73 | 0.07 | 0.16 | -0.23 | 0.43 |
| I4 | 0.40 | 0.53 | 0.8 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 0.6 | -1.78 | 1.57 | -1.1 | 0.36 | 0.47 | -0.52 | 1.32 | 0.02 | 0.08 | -0.14 | 0.22 |
| X*M | F(4, 814) = 0.7, p = .6 | F(4, 814) = 0.7, p = .6 | |||||||||||||||
| LQ | 0.012 | 0.005 | 3.8*** | 0.008 | 0.004 | 1.9 | -0.0 | 0.015 | -0.0 | 0.017 | 0.006 | 0.01 | .03 | 0.001 | 0.002 | -0.002 | 0.004 |
| X*M | F(1, 817) = 0.2, p = .6 | F(1, 817) = 0.7, p = .4 | |||||||||||||||
| Age | 0.26 | 0.06 | 4.0*** | 0.12 | 0.06 | 2.1* | 0.28 | 0.19 | 1.5 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 0.02 | -0.03 | 0.05 |
| X*M | F(1, 817) = 0.2, p = .7 | F(1, 817) = 0.1, p = .8 | |||||||||||||||
| RT1 | -1.04 | 1.1 | -0.9 | -0.29 | 0.96 | -0.3 | -0.86 | 3.29 | -0.3 | -0.93 | 1.19 | -3.5 | 1.24 | -0.02 | 0.17 | -0.42 | 0.29 |
| RT2 | -1.62 | 0.92 | -1.8 | -1.02 | 0.80 | -1.3 | 1.80 | 2.74 | 0.7 | -1.45 | 0.88 | -3.31 | 0.23 | -0.07 | 0.20 | -0.56 | 0.31 |
| RT3 | -0.16 | 0.66 | -0.2 | 0.01 | 0.57 | 0.0 | 2.14 | 1.95 | 1.1 | -0.14 | 0.60 | -1.35 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 0.09 | -0.20 | 0.22 |
| RT4 | -2.3 | 0.86 | -2.7** | -2.4 | 0.75 | -3.2** | -0.57 | 2.57 | -0.2 | -2.06 | 0.81 | -3.69 | -0.51 | -0.18 | 0.38 | -0.98 | 0.56 |
| RT5 | 0.61 | 0.85 | 0.7 | -1.1 | 0.74 | -1.5 | -2.2 | 2.54 | -0.9 | 0.55 | 0.81 | -1.09 | 2.11 | -0.08 | 0.21 | -0.58 | 0.29 |
| RT6 | 0.31 | 0.56 | 0.6 | -0.42 | 0.49 | -0.9 | 5.60 | 1.67 | 3.4*** | 0.28 | 0.52 | -0.75 | 1.31 | -0.03 | 0.10 | -0.29 | 0.16 |
| X*M | F(6, 812) = 1.3, p = .3 | F(6, 812) = 0.7, p = .7 | |||||||||||||||
| R1 | -0.20 | 0.63 | -0.32 | -0.84 | 0.55 | -1.5 | 5.49 | 1.88 | 2.9** | -0.18 | 0.55 | -1.32 | 0.88 | -0.61 | 0.15 | -0.43 | 0.22 |
| R2 | -0.14 | 0.78 | -0.18 | 1.09 | 0.68 | 1.61 | 12.0 | 2.32 | 5.2*** | -0.13 | 0.75 | -1.60 | 1.34 | 0.08 | 0.21 | -0.30 | 0.58 |
| X*M | F(2, 816) = 0.29, p = .8 | F(2, 816) = 2.0, p = .13 | |||||||||||||||
| Sex | 0.64 | 0.40 | 1.6 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 1.20 | 3.4*** | 0.58 | 0.37 | -0.12 | 1.34 | 0.02 | 0.07 | -0.11 | 0.19 |
| X*M | F(1, 817) = 0.0, p = .99 | F(1, 817) = 3.34, p = .07 | |||||||||||||||
| R2 = 0.08, F(17, 820) = 3.91, p < .001 | R2 = 0.05, F(17, 820) = 2.57, p < .001 | R2 = 0.19, F(19, 818) = 9.98, p < .001 | |||||||||||||||
Note. M1 = mediation variable 1 (IUP), M2 = mediation variable 2 (IUI), Y = Dependent variable (religiousness), Cof. = coefficient, SE = standard error, LCI = lower limit of 95% confidence interval, UCI = upper limit of 95% confidence interval, IUP = prospective intolerance of uncertainty, IUI = inhibitive intolerance of uncertainty, C1 = general castes vs. others, C2 = other backward castes vs. scheduled castes, I1 = Income (above vs. below 1lakh), I2 = Income (60 thousand-1Lakh vs. below), I3 = Income (30–60 thousand vs. below), I4 = Income (10–30 thousand vs. below), LQ = laterality quotient, RT1 = Risk-taking (1vs. 2), RT2 = Risk-taking (1vs. 3), RT3 = Risk-taking (1vs. 4), RT4 = Risk-taking (1vs. 5), RT5 = Risk-taking (1vs. 6), RT6 = Risk-taking (1vs. 7), R1 = Hindu vs. Muslim, R2 = Hindu vs. others, X*M = interaction of antecedent (given in above row) and mediation variables (moderation effect); bold values indicate significant indirect effects (not including zero between upper and lower limits of 95% confidence interval).
*** Significant at the .001 level.
** Significant at the .01 level.
* Significant at the .05 level.