Table 2.

Trust in the government and scientists regression models generated by PROCESS Model 4.

Variables			B (SE; 95% CI)		P value
Predicting information engagementa
	Negative emotions	0.219 (0.023; 0.174 to 0.265)		<.001
	Age (years)	−0.006 (0.002; −0.010 to –0.001)		.02
	Gender	0.006 (0.038; −0.069 to 0.080)		.88
	Education	0.038 (0.022; −0.006 to 0.081)		.09
	Income	0.045 (0.012; 0.024 to 0.066)		<.001
Predicting trust in the governmentb
	Negative emotions	0.191 (0.022; 0.148 to 0.233)		<.001
	Information engagement	0.074 (0.023; 0.029 to 0.120)		.001
	Age (years)	0.005 (0.002; 0.001 to 0.010)		.001
	Gender	0.024 (0.035; −0.044 to 0.092)		.49
	Education	−0.026 (0.020; −0.066 to 0.014)		.21
	Income	0.015 (0.010; −0.005 to 0.035)		.13
Predicting trust in scientistsc
	Negative emotions	0.184 (0.017; 0.150 to 0.218)		<.001
	Information engagement	0.054 (0.018; 0.018 to 0.090)		.003
	Age (years)	−0.002 (0.002; −0.005 to 0.001)		.26
	Gender	−0.009 (0.027; −0.062 to 0.045)		.75
	Education	−0.009 (0.016; −0.040 to 0.022)		.57
	Income	−0.008 (0.008; −0.023 to 0.007)		.29

^aR²=0.070; F_5,1562=23.46.

^bR²=0.073; F_6,1561=20.41.

^cR²=0.089; F_6,1561=25.38.