Table 8 Bootstrap mediation effect tests.

From: The impact of online social interaction on college students’ socio-emotional competence mediated by bonding social capital

Path

Effect

95% CI

Boot SE

LLCI

ULCI

Indirect effect(OSI→BSC→SEC)

0.022

0.015

0.078

0.016

Direct effect(OSI→SEC)

0.005

−0.028

0.038

0.017

Total effect

0.027

−0.009

0.063

0.018

  1. OSI: online social interaction; BSC: bonding social capital; SEC: socio-emotional competence; CI, confidence interval; LLCI, lower level of confidence Interval; ULCI, upper level of confidence Interval; Boot SE, bootstrap standard error.