The Influence of Media Information Sources on Preventive Behaviors in China: After the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 13

Mediating effect test (social media information sources).

	Preventive behaviors	Risk perception	Efficacy awareness	Preventive behaviors
Social media	0.373	0.101	0.200	0.318
Risk perception				0.129
Efficacy awareness				0.218
R-square	0.139	0.010	0.040	0.245
ΔR-square	0.139	0.009	0.039	0.243
F	160.907	10.158	41.231	86.048

and .