Table 4.

Stepwise linear regression with belief that Belgian government is handling the COVID-19 crisis well as outcome variable, and standardized betas (β) of predictors.

	Model 0	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Full model
Age	0.16⁎⁎⁎ (4.88)	0.16⁎⁎⁎ (4.87)	0.12⁎⁎⁎ (3.72)	0.16⁎⁎⁎ (4.96)	0.13⁎⁎⁎ (3.96)
Gender (ref: male)
Female	0.03 (0.86)	0.04 (1.12)	0.03 (0.69)	0.03 (0.77)	0.03 (0.79)
Education level (ref: secondary education or lower)
Tertiary education	0.11⁎⁎⁎ (3.58)	0.11⁎⁎ (3.35)	0.09⁎⁎ (2.89)	0.11⁎⁎ (3.47)	0.08⁎ (2.54)
Personality characteristics
Emotional stability	0.07⁎ (2.06)	0.05 (1.54)	0.06⁎ (1.97)	0.08⁎ (2.20)	0.06+ (1.69)
Agreeableness	0.03 (0.89)	0.04 (1.07)	0.01 (0.21)	0.02 (0.67)	0.00 (0.13)
Openness to experience	−0.05 (−1.53) (1.05)	−0.05 (−1.50)	−0.03 (−0.83)	−0.06 (−1.64)	−0.03 (−0.93)
Extraversion	−0.05 (−1.61)	−0.05 (−1.66)	−0.05 (−1.53)	−0.05 (−1.52)	−0.05 (−1.48)
Conscientiousness	−0.03 (−0.76)	−0.02 (−0.73)	−0.04 (−1.26)	−0.02 (−0.74)	−0.04 (−1.19)
Perceived vulnerability to disease
Germ aversion		−0.02 (−0.71)			−0.03 (−0.73)
Perceived infectability		−0.07⁎ (−2.23)			−0.07⁎ (−2.21)
News media consumption
Public television news			0.09⁎⁎ (2.66)		0.08⁎ (2.51)
Commercial television news			0.00 (0.07)		0.01 (0.18)
Quality newspapers			−0.05 (−1.58)		−0.05 (−1.55)
Tabloids			−0.01 (−0.40)		−0.01 (−0.45)
Perceived news media accuracy (ref: media portray crisis accurately)
Media overestimate dangers			−0.17⁎⁎⁎ (−5.55)		−0.17⁎⁎⁎ (−5.41)
Media underestimate dangers			−0.28⁎⁎⁎ (−9.20)		−0.28⁎⁎⁎ (−9.20)
Socio-economic/psychological perceptions
Perception of economic crisis				−0.04 (−1.41)	−0.05 (−1.59)
Perception of loneliness				0.06+ (1.69)	0.07⁎ (2.34)
Solidarity				0.05 (1.54)	0.06⁎ (1.97)
R2	0.04	0.04	0.13	0.04	0.14

⁺p < 0.10.

^⁎p < 0.05.

^⁎⁎p < 0.01.

^⁎⁎⁎p < 0.001.