Table 4. Study 2.
Direct/Indirect effects from SEM for participants who read the Salt scenario (N = 201).
| Process/Comp | Interest/Values | Complex/Unc | Cred of Science | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct effects | ||||
| Fluid intelligence (number series) | 0.01 (-0.16, 0.17) |
-0.07 (-0.23, 0.09) |
-0.04 (-0.20, 0.12) |
|
| Science reasoning (SRS) | 0.04 (-0.13, 0.21) |
0.12 (-0.05, 0.28) |
0.06 (-0.11, 0.22) |
— |
| Science factual knowledge | -0.08 (-0.26, 0.10) |
-0.09 (-0.27, 0.09) |
-0.24 (-0.41, -0.07) |
— |
| Belief in positivism | 0.01 (-0.16, 0.16) |
0.01 (-0.15, 0.16) |
0.08 (-0.08, 0.23) |
— |
| Credibility of science | -0.08 (-0.24, 0.09) |
-0.19 (-0.35, 0.03) |
-0.10 (-0.26, 0.06) |
— |
| Political ideology | 0.01 (-0.14, 0.17) |
-0.04 (-0.19, 0.11) |
0.09 (-0.24, 0.05) |
0.32 (0.21, 0.44) |
| Conspiracist ideation | 0.04 (-0.13, 0.22) |
0.01 (-0.16, 0.18) |
0.10 (-0.07, 0.27) |
-0.39 (-0.50, -0.28) |
| Age | 0.11 (-0.04, 0.25) |
0.09 (-0.06, 0.24) |
0.05 (-0.09, 0.20) |
— |
| Care about topic | 0.12 (-0.03, 0.27) |
0.04 (-0.12, 0.19) |
0.08 (-0.07, 0.23) |
— |
| Know about topic | -0.03 (-0.19, 0.13) |
0.01 (-0.15, 0.18) |
-0.09 (-0.25, 0.07) |
— |
| Heard of disputes |
0.15 (0.01, 0.30) |
0.12 (-0.02, 0.27) |
0.08 (-0.06, 0.23) |
— |
| Indirect effects | Estimate | |||
| Conspir -> Cred -> Competence | 0.03 (-0.03, 0.09) |
|||
| Ideo -> Cred -> Competence | -0.03 (-0.08, 0.03) |
|||
| Conspir -> Cred -> Ints/Vals |
0.07 (0.01, 0.14) |
|||
| Ideo -> Cred -> Ints/Vals |
-0.06 (-0.12, -0.01) |
|||
| Conspir -> Cred -> Complexity | 0.04 (-0.02, 0.10) |
|||
| Ideo -> Cred -> Complexity | -0.03 (-0.08, 0.02) |
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| Variance Explained (R2) | 6% | 9% | 14% | 26% |
Note: Cell entries are standardized regression coefficients (95% CIs). Estimates with 95% CIs that do not include 0 are bolded. These estimates are traditionally significant at p < .05.