Table 3 Mediation analyses model 3.

From: Situational pathogen avoidance mediates the impact of social connectedness on preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic

Predictors

Dependent variable

Indirect effects

Perceived risk of infection

Connectedness

Situational pathogen avoidance

Estimate

Bias-corrected bootstrap 95% confidence interval

Familiarity

− 0.13 (0.23)

1.9 (< 0.001*)

0.07 (0.56)

  

Connectedness

0.06 (0.05*)

 

− 0.17 (< 0.001*)

  

Situational pathogen avoidance

0.34 (< 0.001*)

    

Total

   

0.02

[− 0.12, 0.16]

FA → CO → PR

   

0.11

[− 0.02, 0.24]

FA → SPA → PR

   

0.02

[− 0.06, 0.11]

FA → CO → SPA → PR

   

− 0.11

[− 0.17, − 0.06]*

  1. In study 2, two mediation models with two mediators (connectedness and disgust) were calculated. Mediation model 3 refers to the outcome variable perceived risk of infection. Table 3 shows the direct effects (β) in the mediation models and the indirect effects in mediation model 3. p-values less than 0.05 are assumed to be significant (*). An indirect effect is assumed as significant if the 95% CI does not include 0 (*).
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