Table 6. The effects (direct and indirect effect) of antecedent and mediation (general IU) variables on behaving in the students’ sample.
| Effect on M | Direct effect on Y | Indirect effect on Y | ||||||||
| Antecedent variable | Coeff. | SE | t | Coeff. | SE | t | Coeff. | SE | LCI | UCI |
| Intolerance of uncertainty | 0.11 | 0.02 | 5.6*** | |||||||
| Caste (GC vs. others) | 1.69 | 0.76 | 2.23* | -0.83 | 0.43 | -1.91 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.004 | 0.07 |
| Caste (OBC vs.SC) | -0.23 | 0.84 | -0.28 | -1.25 | 0.47 | -2.65** | -0.01 | .02 | -0.04 | 0.03 |
| X*M (X = caste) | F(2, 817) = 0.3, p = .8 | |||||||||
| Income (above vs. below 1lakh) | 1.04 | 1.69 | 0.61 | 2.37 | 0.96 | 2.48* | 0.11 | 0.20 | -0.28 | 0.52 |
| Income (60 thousand-1Lakh vs. below) | 1.97 | 1.17 | 1.69 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 0.75 | 0.22 | 0.14 | -0.03 | 0.53 |
| Income (30–60 thousand vs. below) | 1.78 | 0.83 | 2.14* | 0.18 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.41 |
| Income (10–30 thousand vs. below) | 0.65 | 0.89 | 0.73 | -0.58 | 0.50 | -1.16 | 0.07 | 0.10 | -0.11 | 0.28 |
| X*M (X = income) | F(4, 815) = 0.81, p = .5 | |||||||||
| Handedness (LQ) | 0.03 | .01 | 3.2** | -0.002 | 0.005 | -0.4 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.006 |
| X*M (X = Handedness) | F(1, 818) = 2.02, p = .2 | |||||||||
| Risk-taking (1vs 2) | -1.33 | 1.86 | -0.72 | -0.42 | 1.05 | -0.4 | -0.15 | 0.24 | -0.67 | 0.32 |
| Risk-taking (1vs 3) | -2.64 | 1.55 | -1.71 | 0.54 | 0.88 | 0.61 | -0.29 | 0.18 | -0.67 | .05 |
| Risk-taking (1vs 4) | -0.15 | 1.10 | -0.13 | 0.80 | 0.63 | 1.29 | -0.02 | 0.13 | -0.26 | 0.23 |
| Risk-taking (1vs 5) | -4.69 | 1.44 | -3.3** | 0.35 | 0.82 | 0.44 | -0.52 | 0.18 | -0.9 | -0.19 |
| Risk-taking (1vs 6) | -0.49 | 1.43 | -0.34 | -0.14 | 0.81 | -0.18 | -0.05 | 0.17 | -0.4 | 0.28 |
| Risk-taking (1vs 7) | -0.11 | 0.94 | -0.12 | 1.65 | 0.53 | 3.1** | -0.01 | 0.11 | -0.22 | 0.21 |
| X*M (X = Risk-taking) | F(6, 813) = 0.62, p = .7 | |||||||||
| Age | 0.38 | 0.11 | 3.46*** | 0.07 | 0.06 | 1.1 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 |
| X*M (X = Age) | F(1, 818) = 0.22, p = .6 | |||||||||
| Sex | 0.89 | 0.68 | 1.32 | 1.03 | 0.38 | 2.7** | 0.10 | 0.08 | -0.05 | 0.26 |
| X*M (X = Sex) | F(1, 818) = 0.63, p = .4 | |||||||||
| Religion (Hindu vs. muslim) | -1.04 | 1.06 | -0.98 | 2.08 | 0.60 | 3.5*** | -0.02 | 0.02 | -0.06 | 0.01 |
| Religion (Hindu vs. others) | 0.95 | 1.31 | 0.73 | 3.77 | 0.74 | 5.1*** | 0.02 | 0.03 | -0.04 | 0.08 |
| X*M (X = Religion) | F(2, 817) = 0.49, p = .6 | |||||||||
| R2 = 0.07, F(17, 820) = 3.66, p < .001 | R2 = 0.13, F(18, 819) = 6.61, p < .001 | |||||||||
Note. M = mediation variable (intolerance of uncertainty), Y = dependent variable (behaving), Coeff. = coefficient, SE = standard error, LCI = lower limit of 95% confidence interval, UCI = upper limit of 95% confidence interval, GC = general castes, OBC = other backward castes, SC = scheduled castes, LQ = laterality quotient, X*M = interaction of antecedent 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.