Table 4 Hypotheses Testing.

From: Organic food production among Chinese urban botanists

Hypothesis

Beta

CI Min

CI Max

t Value

p-value

R2

f2

Q2

Decision

H1a

BV → EW

0.378

0.279

0.465

6.442

0.000

 

0.111

 

Accept

H1b

AV → EW

0.205

0.114

0.299

3.465

0.000

0.326

0.031

0.187

Accept

H1c

EV → EW

0.087

0.020

0.156

2.162

0.016

 

0.010

 

Accept

H2

EW → AC

0.650

0.587

0.711

18.231

0.000

0.423

0.734

0.261

Accept

H3

AC → AR

0.667

0.607

0.728

18.032

0.000

0.445

0.802

0.330

Accept

H4a

EW → PN

−0.020

−0.087

0.048

0.494

0.311

 

0.000

 

Reject

H4b

AC → PN

0.543

0.451

0.623

10.327

0.000

0.451

0.225

0.293

Accept

H4c

AR → PN

0.190

0.099

0.274

3.555

0.000

 

0.036

 

Accept

H5a

EW → TR

−0.011

−0.088

0.054

0.275

0.392

 

0.000

 

Reject

H5b

AC → TR

0.478

0.392

0.574

8.712

0.000

0.409

0.162

0.313

Accept

H5c

AR → TR

0.221

0.120

0.311

3.703

0.000

 

0.000

 

Accept

H6a

PN → IOF

0.067

−0.010

0.141

1.431

0.077

 

0.005

 

Reject

H6b

TR → IOF

0.647

0.584

0.713

16.745

0.000

0.478

0.486

0.325

Accept

H7

IOF → GOF

0.781

0.738

0.823

30.320

0.000

0.610

1.561

0.456

Accept

  1. BV Biospheric Values, AV Altruistic Values, EV Egoistic Values, EW Ecological Worldview, AC Awareness of Consequences, AR Ascription of Responsibility, PN Personal Norms, TR Trust in Organic Food Production, IOF Intention toward Organic Food Production, GOF Growing Organic Food.
  2. Source: Author’s data analysis.