Table 3 Summary of the Model 80 mediation test results.

From: How social media use affects internal political efficacy in China: the mediating effects of social network interaction

Items

Indirect effect

BootSE

BootLLCI

BootULCI

Direct effect

Total Indirect Effect

0.4704**

0.0664

0.3478

0.6068

 

Number of persons interacting→Public issue involvement→Internal political efficacy

0.1600**

0.0355

0.0964

0.2364

0.2184*

Number of persons interacting→ Interaction frequency→Internal political efficacy

0.0402**

0.0185

0.0094

0.0083

0.2184*

Number of persons interacting→ Interaction frequency→ Public issue involvement→ Internal political efficacy

0.0096**

0.0049

0.0019

0.0208

0.2184*

Number of persons interacting→Social network evaluation (EPA)→ Internal political efficacy

0.1680**

0.0424

0.0929

0.2563

0.2184*

Number of persons interacting→Social network evaluation (EPA)→ Public issue involvement→ Internal political efficacy

0.0927**

0.0219

0.0541

0.1406

0.2184*

  1. EPA evaluation, potency, activity.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.
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