Table 3 Bootstrap Estimation of the indirect effects of privacy protection self-efficacy and social anxiety.

From: Personality traits Influence Internet Privacy Concerns through Social Anxiety and Privacy-Preserving Self-Efficacy

Path

Effect size

SE

95%confidence interval

Accounts for the total effect ratio

BootLLCI

BootULCI

Openness→Social anxiety→Internet privacy concerns

0.15

0.04

0.08

0.22

50%

Openness→Privacy protection self-efficacy→Internet privacy concerns

0.14

0.04

-0.22

-0.08

45%

Openness→Social anxiety→Privacy protection self-efficacy →Internet privacy concerns

0.01

0.06

-0.12

0.12

-

Total effect

0.30

0.03

0.25

0.24

-