. 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 2.

Models for RQ2b and RQ3b, mediation analysis (testing the indirect effect of the alcohol manipulation on support for enforcement and support for new laws 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 Support for Enforcement of Individually Oriented Policies

Mediation, part b₂ Predicting Support for Societally Oriented New Policies

Intercept^#

4.74^***

4.18^***

8.72 ^***

6.48^***

Motor Vehicle Acc.

−.90^*

−.80^*

−.04

−.67^*

Other Accident

−2.38^***

−1.37^***

−.01

−.44

Alcohol Man. (GM⁺)

3.94^*

2.24

.001

−.29

Anger (GM)

---

.004

−.09

Fear (GM)

---

.09

.25^**

Anger

---

.42^***

.12^***

.08^*

Fear

.43^***

---

.07^**

.18^***

Alcohol Manip.^#

1.51^***

−.56^*

.29⁺

.10

Alcohol Use

−.02

−.01

−.08^***

−.13^***

Age

−.001

.01

.04^***

.03^***

Gender

−.09

.48^*

.30^*

.59^**

σ_{i j}^{2}

7.57

7.81

4.06

7.16

Random effect, intercept, τ₀₀

1.15^***

.76^***

.02

.13

Random effect, alcohol manip., τ₀₄

1.85^***

.21

.01

.19

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

effect allowed to vary randomly

⁺

Group Mean

p < .05;

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001