The public’s intention to vote for continued use of woody biomass for energy in Denmark: a cognitive hierarchy perspective

Table 7 Structural equation modelling results (direct paths) and hypothesis testing

	Standardized direct effect	p	BC 95% CI	Hypothesis	Consistency found?
Altruistic → attitude	0.134	0.014	0.025; 0,424	H1a	Yes
Altruistic → intention	− 0.013	0.750	− 0.183; 0.135	H1b	No
Biospheric → attitude	− 0.089	0.059	− 0.289; 0.003	H2a	No
Biospheric → intention	− 0.025	0.486	− 0.153; 0.090	H2b	No
Egoistic → attitude	0.103	0.008	0.028; 0.249	H3a	No^a
Egoistic → intention	− 0.036	0.231	− 0.146; 0.039	H3b	No
Perceived benefit → attitude	0.377	< 0.001	0.610; 0.850	H4	Yes
Perceived benefit → intention	0.152	< 0.001	0.207; 0.403	H5	Yes
Attitude → intention	0.630	< 0.001	0.603; 0.707	H6	Yes

BC CI = bias-corrected confidence interval
^aAlthough egoistic values predicted attitudes at the statistically significant level, the direction is not as hypothesized and thus we found no evidence for accepting H3a

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