Extending Technology Acceptance Model to higher-education students’ use of digital academic reading tools on computers

Table 5 Path coefficients and the hypothesis testing results

No	Path	β	S.E	C.R	p	Hypothesis testing
H1	PEU → PU	0.527	0.053	10.02	***	Supported
H2	PEU → ATT	0.452	0.051	8.938	***	Supported
H3	PU → ATT	0.288	0.059	4.841	***	Supported
H4	PU → IU	− 0.036	0.057	− 0.632	0.528	Not supported
H5	ATT → IU	0.879	0.062	14.177	***	Supported
H6	LPR → ATT	0.262	0.036	7.194	***	Supported
H7	LPR → PU	0.236	0.046	5.167	***	Supported
H8	LPR → PEU	0.073	0.042	1.739	0.082	Not supported
H9	AE → ATT	− 0.122	0.026	− 4.682	***	Not supported
H10	EAA → PU	0.221	0.047	4.716	***	Supported
H11	EAA → IU	0.095	0.033	2.83	0.005**	Supported
H12	EA → PU	− 0.013	0.058	− 0.217	0.828	Not supported
H13	EA → IU	− 0.042	0.036	− 1.152	0.249	Not supported
H14	PECL → PU	0.02	0.045	0.455	0.649	Not supported
H15	PECL → PEU	0.183	0.042	4.346	***	Supported
H16	SE → PEU	0.718	0.062	11.55	***	Supported

***Indicates statistical significance at p < 0.001 level, and ** at p < 0.01 level