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Therein, both SN and EA can impact PU, and meanwhile, the direct paths between PI \u2192 PEOU, PA \u2192 PPR also exist. Contrary to expectation, the effect of SN on UI is not directly significant. The proposed model is able to explain 64.1% of variance for UI among Soul users. 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