Table 2 Total and indirect standardized effects from explanatory variables to attitudes towards BC risk assessment and risk-stratified screening.

From: Structural equation modeling of factors influencing women’s attitudes, comfort and willingness toward risk-stratified breast cancer screening

Path

Estimate (β)

SE

95% CI

p-value

Total effect

 Education to attitudes

0.115

0.019

0.082; 0.144

0.000

 Perceived chance to attitudes

0.009

0.004

0.004; 0.015

0.011

 Sum of indirect effect from age to attitudes

0.100

0.028

0.051; 0.147

0.000

 Sum of indirect effect from had BC to attitudes

0.032

0.007

0.020; 0.044

0.000

Specific indirect effect

 Age → mammography → attitudes

0.113

0.028

0.065; 0.159

0.000

 Age → perceived chances → attitudes

 − 0.012

0.003

 − 0.017; − 0.007

0.000

 Age → perceived chances → mammography → attitudes

 − 0.001

0.000

 − 0.002; 0.000

0.027

 Had BC → mammography → attitudes

0.019

0.006

0.009; 0.030

0.003

 Had BC → perceived chances → attitudes

0.012

0.003

0.007; 0.018

0.000

 Had BC → perceived chances → mammography → attitudes

0.001

0.000

0.000; 0.002

0.030

 Education → income → attitudes

0.026

0.006

0.017; 0.036

0.000

 Formerly married → income → attitudes

 − 0.034

0.007

 − 0.047; − 0.023

0.000

 Never married → income → attitudes

 − 0.037

0.008

 − 0.052; − 0.024

0.000

 Not working → income → attitudes

 − 0.029

0.006

 − 0.041; − 0.020

0.000

 Retired → income → attitudes

 − 0.015

0.004

 − 0.022; − 0.010

0.000

  1. CI confidence interval, SE standard error.