Table 2.

Hierarchical regression analysis with sociodemographic variables, the Big Five, and moral foundations as predictors of virus origin conspiracy beliefs.

Category	Predictor	Step 1		Step 2		Step 3
		β	SE	β	SE	β	SE
Socio-demographics	Age	0.05	0.00	0.03	0.00	−0.04	0.00
	Gender	−0.04	0.11	−0.02	0.12	−0.01	0.11
	Religiosity	0.35***	0.05	0.35***	0.05	0.21**	0.06
	SES	−0.11†	0.07	−0.12†	0.07	−0.12*	0.06
	Political orientation	−0.12†	0.08	−0.12†	0.08	−0.05	0.08
The Big Five	Emotional stability			−0.05	0.05	−0.03	0.05
	Openness to experience			0.04	0.06	0.07	0.06
	Conscientiousness			0.01	0.06	−0.01	0.05
	Extraversion			0.15*	0.05	0.14*	0.04
	Agreeableness			0.05	0.06	0.05	0.06
Moral foundations	Individualizing					−0.00	0.09
	Sanctity					0.18*	0.07
	Authority					0.28***	0.06
	Loyalty					−0.12	0.07
	Liberty					−0.08	0.07
R2 (SE)		0.17*** (0.73)		0.20*** (0.72)		0.28*** (0.69)
∆R2		0.17***		0.03		0.08***

^†p < 0.10, ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001; β is standardized regression coefficient.