TABLE 2.
Main and interaction effects of gender, experimental condition, with age and belief in robot technology as control variables.
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Jealousy |
Robot attitudes |
Dislike partners use |
Predicted partners dislike |
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| Main effect | Interaction | Main effect | Interaction | Main effect | Interaction | Main effect | Interaction | |
| Intercept | 9.50**(2.47) | 12.71**(2.03) | 10.54**(2.28) | 5.38**(2.92) | 14.88**(1.93) | 17.77**(1.58) | 15.06**(1.85) | 16.72**(1.51) |
| Age | −0.01(0.03) | −0.01(0.03) | 0.005 (0.02) | 0.005 (0.17) | −0.01(0.02) | −0.01(0.02) | −0.008(0.02) | −0.007(0.02) |
| Belief in robot technology | 0.11 (0.08) | 0.11 (0.08) | 0.33**(0.08) | 0.33**(0.08) | −0.024(0.06) | −0.025(0.06) | 0.06 (0.06) | 0.062 (0.06) |
| Gender | 1.59(0.62)* | 0.58 (0.86) | −2.97**(0.57) | −1.09(0.57) | 1.51**(0.48) | 0.514 (0.67) | −0.49(0.46) | −1.66**(0.63) |
| Experimental condition | 0.98 (0.57) | −0.28(0.95) | −0.92(0.53) | 1.45 (0.54) | 0.74 (0.45) | −0.511(0.73) | 1.39**(0.43) | −0.085(0.70) |
| Gender*Condition | 1.99 (1.19) | −3.79**(0.52) | 1.98*(0.93) | 2.35**(1.51) | ||||
| Adjusted R2 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
Males and platonic love robots are reference groups for gender and experimental condition. SD in parenthesis. N = 163 women and 114 men. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01