Table 3.

Mediating effect and 95% confidence interval estimated by the Bootstrap method.

Path		Indirect effect estimation	CI at 95% level
Ex → Co: Total effect		0.265	0.151	0.369
Indirect effect	Ex → An → Co	0.059	0.025	0.105
	Ex → OA → An → Co	0.012	0.004	0.030
Ex → Wi: Total effect		0.008	−0.163	0.193
Indirect effect	Ex → An → Wi	−0.056	−0.153	−0.036
	Ex → OA → An → Wi	−0.012	−0.044	−0.006

CI, confidence interval; Ex, exposure to news of medical malignant injury events; OA, outgroup attribution; An, anxiety; Co, communication; Wi, willingness to let children be doctors.