Table 5 Hypothesis testing.

From: Effect of social influence, environmental awareness, and safety affordance on actual use of 5G technologies among Chinese students

Hypothesis and relationship

β-values

STDEV

t-values

p-values

Decisions

Panel A. Main effects

SI → TW

0.283

0.054

5.258

0.000

Supported

EA → TW

0.179

0.051

3.503

0.001

Supported

SA → TW

0.414

0.047

8.753

0.000

Supported

TW → ITU5G

0.433

0.046

9.366

0.000

Supported

ITU5G → AU5G

0.769

0.029

26.834

0.000

Supported

FC → ITU5G

0.219

0.045

4.825

0.000

Supported

Panel B. Mediating effects

SI → TW → ITU5G → AU5G (H1a)

0.094

0.020

4.673

0.000

Supported

EA → TW → ITU5G → AU5G (H1b)

0.060

0.016

3.705

0.000

Supported

SA → TW → ITU5G → AU5G (H1c)

0.138

0.028

4.946

0.000

Supported

Panel C. Moderating effects

TW*FC → ITU5G (H2)

0.174

0.049

3.543

0.000

Supported

Panel D. R2

TW R2 = 0.340

     

ITU5G R2 = 0.301

     

AU5G R2 = 0.592

     
  1. EA: Environmental awareness, SI: Social influence, ITU5G: Intention to use 5G, FC: Facilitation conditions, SA: Safety affordance, TW: Trustworthiness, AU5G: Actual use of 5G.
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