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Table 2 Examining perceived risk as a mediator of associations between perceived safety/victimization and constrained behavior

From: How does perceived risk mediate associations between perceived safety and parental restriction of adolescents’ physical activity in their neighborhood?

  

Avoidance Behavior

Defensive Behavior

 

c

Path Coefficients

c /

Mediated Effect

Proportion Mediated

z ab

c

Path Coefficients

c /

Mediated Effect

Proportion Mediated

z ab

a

b

ab

(%)

a

b

ab

(%)

Boys

              

Perceived safety

              

 Road safety

0.453

0.186

0.290

0.399

-

-

-

0.329

0.186

0.303

0.272

0.056

1700

1.32

 Incivilities

0.246

0.347

0.321

0.135

-

-

-

0.297

0.347

0.266

0.205

-

-

-

 Personal

−0.586

0.325

0.073

−0.563

-

-

-

−0.354

−0.325

0.210

−0.285

-

-

-

 Victimization

0.606

1. 224

0.382

0.137

0.468

77.2

1.36

0.567

1.224

0.365

0.121

0.447

78.8

1.54

Girls

              

Perceived safety

              

 Road safety

0.389

0.201

0.708

0.247

0.143

36.8

2.20

0.189

0.201

0.559

0.077

0.113

59.8

2.12

 Incivilities

0.938

0.322

0.432

0.799

0.139

14.8

1.64

0.579

0.322

0.388

0.454

0.125

21.6

2.08

 Personal

−0.753

−0.322

0.354

−0.639

-

-

-

−0.350

−0.322

0.444

−0.207

−0.143

40.9

−2.63

 Victimization

1.836

1.089

0.711

1.062

0.774

42.2

1.89

1.142

1.089

0.550

0.543

0.599

52.5

2.04

  1. Path coefficients are: (c), total effect-association between independent variable and dependent variable; (a), association between independent variable and potential mediator; (b), association between potential mediator and dependent variable, adjusted for independent variables; (c/), association between independent variable and dependent variable, adjusted for potential mediator. The mediated or in direct effect is denoted by ‘ab’. The z-score ‘Zab’ denotes the mediated effect divided by its standard error. If the magnitude of Zab > 1.96, then the mediated effect is significant at p < 0.05.
  2. Bold: denotes statistical significance at p < 0.05.
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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