. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Commun. 2013 Mar 6;63(2):373–392. doi: 10.1111/jcom.12020

Table 1.

Models for RQ2a and RQ3a, mediation analysis (testing the indirect effect of the alcohol manipulation on individual and social causal attributions through the emotional responses of anger and fear individually)

Mediation, part a Predicting Anger Response

Mediation, part a Predicting Fear Response

Mediation, part b₁ Predicting Individual Causal Attributions

Mediation, part b₂ Predicting Social Causal Attributions

Intercept^#

4.74^***

4.18^***

8.70^***

5.54^***

Motor Vehicle Acc.

−.90^*

−.80^*

.15

−.64^**

Other Accident

−2.38^***

−1.37^***

−.21

−.85^***

Alcohol Man. (GM⁺)

3.94^*

2.24

.28

1.49⁺

Anger (GM)

---

−.01

.03

Fear (GM)

---

.04

.08

Anger

---

.42^***

.08^***

−.02

Fear

.43^***

---

.07^**

.19^***

Alcohol Manip.^#

1.51^***

−.56^*

−.12

.03

Alcohol Use

−.02

−.01

Age

−.001

.01

.01^**

.01⁺

Gender

−.09

.48^*

.21⁺

.09

σ_{i j}^{2}

7.57

7.81

2.16

4.19

Random effect, intercept, τ₀₀

1.15^***

.76^***

.02

.01

Random effect, alcohol manip., τ₀₄

1.85^***

.21

.02

.04

Note: All level-1 predictors are centered within context.

effect allowed to vary randomly

⁺

Group Mean

p < .05;

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001