International Journal of STEM Education

Table 5 Direct effect, indirect effect and total effect of each of the three types of STEM media on STEM career interest

From: The role of media in influencing students’ STEM career interest

	β	SE	b	Sig
READ
Direct effect	− 0.042	0.018	− 0.034
Indirect effect via
IDENTITY	0.016	0.006	0.013	**
SELFDEV	0.001	0.004	0.001
WORKLIFE	− 0.005	0.002	− 0.004	**
MATERIAL	0.021	0.004	0.017	***
INTERPER	− 0.020	0.007	− 0.017	**
Total effect	− 0.030	0.018	− 0.024
TV/GAME
Direct effect	0.030	0.020	0.025
Indirect effect via
IDENTITY	0.115	0.008	0.096	***
SELFDEV	0.013	0.004	0.011	***
WORKLIFE	− 0.003	0.002	− 0.002
MATERIAL	0.009	0.008	0.008	*
INTERPER	0.030	0.020	0.016
Total effect	0.183	0.020	0.153	***
APP
Direct effect	0.006	0.018	0.005
Indirect effect via
IDENTITY	0.036	0.007	0.031	***
SELFDEV	0.035	0.006	0.030	***
WORKLIFE	0.006	0.002	0.005	***
MATERIAL	− 0.033	0.006	− 0.028	***
INTERPER	− 0.035	0.008	− 0.030	***
Total effect	0.014	0.019	0.012

β is the unstandardized probit coefficient, b is the standardized coefficient, se is standard error for β. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 after Bonferroni p value adjustment due to multiple comparisons

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