Research Article

Modeling Age-Friendly Environment, Active Aging, and Social Connectedness in an Emerging Asian Economy

Table 7

Results of mediation effect.

Hypothesized pathDirect model without mediationStandardized direct model with mediation Standardized indirect model with mediationCRMediation effectHypothesis supported

Age-friendly environment social connectedness0.130.13NA2.34NANA
Age-friendly environment active aging0.250.19NA3.89NANA
Social connectedness active aging0.420.39NA7.52NANA
Age-friendly environment social connectedness active agingNANA0.05NAYes/partialYes

Notes: CR denotes critical ratio; NA denotes not applicable; path is significant at ; path is significant at ; Sobel test = 2.23 ( value = 0.03) calculated through a web-calculator developed by Preacher and Leonardelli [42].