Table 7 Comparative results of mediating...

Table 7

Comparative results of mediating effects of male and female groups

Pathway	Male		Female		Path differences
Pathway	Coefficients	p-value	Coefficients	p-value	t_spooled
Perceived disease threats → Response efficacy → Continuance intention	0.156	0.001	0.022	0.427	31.987^***
Perceived disease threats → Self-efficacy → Continuance intention	0.052	0.270	0.132	0.003	16.328^***
Perceived disease threats → Response cost → Continuance intention	0.057	0.046	0.070	0.013	4.234^***

Pathway	Male		Female		Path differences
Pathway	Coefficients	p-value	Coefficients	p-value	t_spooled
Perceived disease threats → Response efficacy → Continuance intention	0.156	0.001	0.022	0.427	31.987^***
Perceived disease threats → Self-efficacy → Continuance intention	0.052	0.270	0.132	0.003	16.328^***
Perceived disease threats → Response cost → Continuance intention	0.057	0.046	0.070	0.013	4.234^***

Note(s): ^***p < 0.001. The formula for computing the t_spooled significance of the differences in the path coefficients for the various subgroup samples is derived from Keil et al. (2000) (see Appendix for details)

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