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. 2020 Sep 2;9(3):286–299. doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.06.006
Article Topic Sample Dependent variable(s) Number of items in DV Did a backfire occur? / In what subgroup
Skurnik et al. (unpublished manuscript, 2007)a Vaccines Unknown Intent to vaccinate Appears to be 1 item (although exact details unavailable). Yes: 30-minute delay after corrections presented



Cameron et al. (2013) Vaccines 105 community sample Knowledge 15 items (composite) No
Accuracy of veracity recall 8 items (composite) No



Rich and Zaragoza (2016) Exp 1: Fictitious story about a warehouse fire 328 universitystudents Inference questions (references to the misinformation) 10 items (composite) No
Exp 2: Fictitious story about a warehouse fire 338 university students and online participants Inference questions (references to the misinformation) 10 items (composite) No



Berinsky (2017)b Exp 1: Death panels 699 representative online participants Belief 2 items (analyzed individually) No
Support for health care plan 1 item No (Backlash mentioned, but Democratic correction is not statistically different from control)



Ecker et al. (2017) Fictional news reports (e.g. about a wildfire) 60 university students Inference questions (references to the misinformation) 7 items (composite) No



Pluviano et al. (2017) Vaccines 120 university students Agreement that vaccines cause autism 1 item Yes: Myth vs Fact correction condition, after 7 days
Belief in vaccine side effects 1 item Yes: Fear correction, immediately and after 7 days
Intent to vaccinate 1 item Yes: Myth vs Fact correction condition, after 7 days



Swire, Ecker et al. (2017) Exp 1: Range of topics 93 university students Belief 40 items (composite of 20 myths and 20 facts) No
Exp 2: Wide range of topics 109 older adult community sample Belief 40 items (composite of 20 myths and 20 facts) No



Carnahan and Garrett (2019) Exp 1: Electronic health records 344 online participants Belief 7 items (composite) No
Exp 2: Genetically modified foods 486 online participants Belief 7 items (composite) No



Ecker et al. (2019) Exp 1: Range of topics 531 online participants Belief 12 items (composite of 6 false and 6 true) No
Exp 2: Range of topics 369 online participants Belief 12 items (composite of 6 false and 6 true) No



Pennycook et al. (2018)c Exp 2: Various fake news headlines 949 online participants Accuracy 24 items (4 composites of 6 items) No
Exp 3: Various fake news headlines 940 online participants Accuracy 24 items (6 composites of 4) No



Pluviano et al. (2019) Vaccines 60 parents Agreement that vaccines cause autism 1 item Yes: After 7 days
Belief in vaccine side effects 1 item Yes: After 7 days
Intent to vaccinate 1 item No