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Table 7 Path coefficient results (significance testing- group b)

From: Predicting individuals’ vulnerability to social engineering in social networks

Hypo

Relationship

Std. Beta

STDEV

T-value

P-value

95% Confidence interval

Hb1

Involvement - > CCEXP

0.170

0.067

2.532

0.011*

0.031

0.295

Hb2

Involvement - > Trust

0.219

0.056

3.914

0.000**

0.105

0.327

Hb3

Num-Con - > Involvement

0.197

0.063

3.106

0.002**

0.080

0.324

Hb4

SNEXP - > KnownFR

0.302

0.050

6.091

0.000**

0.201

0.394

Hb5

Risk - > Competence

0.165

0.074

2.241

0.025*

0.020

0.311

Hb6

CCEXP - > Risk

0.179

0.060

2.968

0.003**

0.062

0.294

Hb7

Motivation - > Trust

0.253

0.053

4.821

0.000**

0.150

0.353

Hb8

Motivation - > Involvement

0.166

0.046

3.640

0.000**

0.078

0.256

Hb9

Motivation - > CCEXP

0.154

0.055

2.795

0.005**

0.046

0.264

  1. Significant at ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05