Table 4.
Descriptive statistics for all measured variables (study 2).
| Variable name | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
| CMQ | 5.01 | 1.23 |
| Narrative related CTs | 4.91 | 1.36 |
| Enjoyment | 4.75 | 1.53 |
| Attentional focus | 5.81 | 1.20 |
| Overall plausibility | 4.21 | 1.49 |
| Plausibility US gov. assassinations | 5.64 | 1.44 |
| Plausibility US gov. concealing alien contact | 4.33 | 1.88 |
| Plausibility elite organizations conspiracy | 4.09 | 1.80 |
| Overall factuality | 3.31 | 1.48 |
| Factuality US gov. assassinations | 4.63 | 1.58 |
| Factuality US gov. concealing alien contact* | 3.3 | 1.8 |
| Factuality elite organizations conspiracy | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| Narrative consistency | 5.06 | 1.07 |
| Counterarguing | 3.67 | 1.52 |
| Psychological reactance | 1.93 | 1.14 |
*
Median = 3, with skewness of.27, indicating positive asymmetry.