Table 4.

Mediating effect of Bootstrap test

Path	Estimate	SE	Bias-corrected			Percentage
			Lower	Upper	p
pessimism → risk perception → adverse network behavior	0.072	0.015	0.046	0.109	0.0001	32.14%
pessimism → adverse network behavior	0.122	0.041	0.053	0.213	0.001	54.46%
pessimism → negative affect → adverse network behavior	0.031	0.014	0.007	0.063	0.011	13.84%
Total Mediating Effect	0.102	0.02	0.067	0.145	0.001	45.54%
Total Effect	0.224	0.048	0.137	0.323	0.001