Path analysis the influence of self-efficacy and professional identity on attitudes toward prescriptive authority among oncology nurse specialists

Table 8 Significance test of the mediating effect

Pathway relationship	Efficiency value	LLCI	ULCI	P value	Percentage (%)
The mediating effect: Self-efficacy - Professional identity - Beliefs and attitudes about their prescriptive authority	0.6390	0.3543	0.9849	-	54.46
Direct effect: Self-efficacy - Beliefs and attitudes about their prescriptive authority	0.5343	0.2544	0.8142	0.0002	45.54
Total effect: Self-efficacy - Beliefs and attitudes about their prescriptive authority	1.1733	0.9490	1.3976	0.0000	100.00

LLCI: Lower limit confidence interval; ULCI: Upper limit confidence interval.