Table 2.

Multiple linear regression analyses with Dark Tetrad traits, COVID-19 emotional responses, threat, and emergency beliefs, while Controlling for Covid-19 Experience.

Outcome	Narcissism	Machiavellianism	Psychopathy	Sadism	Covid-19 experience	Adjusted R2
	b [95% CI]	b [95% CI]	b [95% CI]	b [95% CI]	b [95% CI]
Negative affect	0.15 [0.07, 0.23]	0.10 [−0.01. 0.20]a	0.04 [−0.07, 0.16]	−0.06 [−0.21, 0.10]	0.13 [0.03, 0.23]	0.10
Positive affect	0.02 [−0.05, 0.09]	−0.03 [−0.12, 0.06]	−0.15 [−0.25, −0.05]	0.14 [0, 0.27]	0.07 [−0.02, 0.16]	0.02
COVID fear	0.04 [−0.06, 0.13]	0.12 [0.00, 0.23]	0.01 [−0.12, 0.14]	0.01 [−0.16, 0.18]	0.19 [0.08, 0.31]	0.05
COVID instability	0.10 [0.01, 0.18]	0.11 [0.00, 0.21]	0.02 [−0.09, 0.14]	−0.12 [−0.27, 0.04]	0.21 [0.10, 0.31]	0.08
Emergency beliefs	−0.01 [−0.09, 0.07]	0.00 [−0.10, 0.10]	0.06 [−0.05, 0.16]	0.10 [−0.04, 0.25]	0.03 [−0.07, 0.13]	0.01

Note: bolded values are significant at p ≤ .05.

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