Table 3.
Results of the multiple linear regression analysis explaining the variance of conspiracy mentality (n=405). Regarding the ETMCQ subscales (as potential contributing variables), model 1 includes only mistrust, model 2 includes only credulity, and model 3 includes both mistrust and credulity.
| Model 1 (mistrust) | Model 2 (credulity) | Model 3 (mistrust-credulity) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE (B) | p | B | SE (B) | p | B | SE (B) | p | |
| Gender | 3.80 | 2.08 | .09 | 3.76 | 2.14 | .09 | 3.73 | 2.08 | .09 |
| Age | -.23 | .10 | -.12* | -.21 | .10 | -.11* | -.23 | .096 | -.12* |
| Narcissism | 3.74 | 1.43 | .14** | 4.92 | 1.44 | .19*** | 3.58 | 1.43 | .14* |
| Attachment anxiety | -.30 | 1.05 | -.02 | .06 | 1.09 | .00 | -.54 | 1.07 | -.03 |
| Attachment avoidance | -.78 | .95 | -.04 | -.37 | .98 | -.02 | -.69 | .95 | -.04 |
| Loneliness | -2,019 | 2.14 | -.05 | -.72 | 2.18 | -.02 | -1.88 | 2.14 | -.05 |
| Authoritarianism | 2.97 | 1.27 | .11* | 3.09 | 1.31 | .12* | 2.80 | 1.28 | .11* |
| Mistrust | 6.11 | 1.17 | .28*** | - | - | - | 5.73 | 1.21 | .26*** |
| Credulity | - | - | - | 2.43 | .98 | .13* | 1.20 | .99 | .06 |
| R2 (adjusted) | .14 | .09 | .14 | ||||||
| F | 8.96*** | 6.04*** | 8.13*** | ||||||
SE, standard error; *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.