Table 3. Standardized regression coefficients from hierarchical regression analyses with Conspiracy view as criteria, and the socio-demographic variables (step 1) and personality and psycho-social scales (step 2) as predictors.
| Criteria Predictors |
Econ101 view | Government Malfunction view | Conspiracy view | Bad Invisible Hand view | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 1 | Step 2 | |
| Age | 0.17 | 0.23** | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 | -0.03 | 0.01 | -0.04 |
| Gender | -0.10 | -0.17 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
| Educational level | -0.07 | 0.05 | -0.17 | -0.04 | -0.08 | 0.03 | -0.08 | 0.03 |
| Religiosity | 0.01 | -0.13 | -0.09 | -0.13 | -0.01 | 0.02 | -0.09 | -0.15 |
| Socio-Economic status | -0.01 | -0.02 | -0.18* | -0.18 | -0.2* | -0.17* | -0.18 | -0.16 |
| Economic training | -0.1 | -0.13 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Personally affected | -0.13 | -0.06 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.15 |
| Satisfaction | 0.15 | 0.06 | -0.04 | -0.06 | ||||
| Lack of control | -0.04 | 0.07 | 0.09 | -0.02 | ||||
| Distrust of politicians | -0.21* | 0.25* | 0.32** | 0.24* | ||||
| Right Wing Authoritarianism. | 0.14 | -0.04 | -0.19* | -0.01 | ||||
| Internal LoC | 0.19* | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.16 | ||||
| Belief Dangerous World | 0.28** | 0.23* | 0.23** | 0.20* | ||||
| Openness | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.09 | ||||
| Irrationality | -0.23** | -0.01 | 0.19** | -0.05 | ||||
Note
* p < .05
** p < .01 (two-tailed tests).