Table 5. The effects of cyberchondria (SCS) for predicting COVID-19 related behaviour (CSBC) via COVID-19 related anxiety (CAS), moderated by waves of measurement.

Criterium	Predictor	CSBC–Information a	CSBC–Avoidance b	CSBC–Protection c
		b	b	b
		95% CI	95% CI	95% CI
CAS	SCS	0.48	0.47	0.48
		[0.347,0.604]	[0.343,0.601]	[0.349,0.607]
	Wave	1.11	1.11	1.12
		[0.924,1.306]	[0.914,1.296]	[0.926,1.309]
	SCS* Wave (Moderation)	-0.09	-0.08	-0.09
		[-0.166,-0.007]	[-0.164,-0.005]	[-0.168,-0.009]
	SCS on Wave 1 (Conditional effect)	0.39	0.39	0.39
		[0.331,0.448]	[0.329,0.446]	[0.332,0.448]
	SCS on Wave 2 (Conditional effect)	0.3	0.3	0.3
		[0.248,0.357]	[0.249,0.357]	[0.248,0.356]
		R2 = .39	R2 = .39	R2 = .39
		MSE = .547	MSE = .547	MSE = .548
Behaviour	SCS (Direct effect)	0.37	0.34	0.26
		[0.204,0.541]	[0.191,0.484]	[0.073,0.447]
	CAS	0.91	0.73	0.68
		[0.739,1.078]	[0.578,0.874]	[0.492,0.869]
	Wave	1.7	2.34	1.18
		[1.342,2.051]	[2.033,2.65]	[0.784,1.57]
	SCS* Wave (Moderation)	-0.12	-0.15	-0.06
		[-0.228,-0.02]	[-0.242,-0.061]	[-0.177,0.054]
	CAS* Wave (Moderation)	-0.32	-0.2	-0.21
		[-0.437,-0.21]	[-0.298,-0.1]	[-0.334,-0.082]
	SCS on Wave 1 (Conditional effect)	0.25	0.19
		[0.172,0.325]	[0.12,0.252]
	SCS on Wave 2 (Conditional effect)	0.12	0.03
		[0.054,0.196]	[-0.027,0.096]
	CAS on Wave 1 (Conditional effect)	0.58	0.53	0.47
		[0.512,0.658]	[0.464,0.59]	[0.391,0.553]
	CAS on Wave 2 (Conditional effect)	0.26	0.33	0.26
		[0.174,0.349]	[0.252,0.404]	[0.167,0.361]
	Indirect effect of SCS via CAS on Wave 1d	0.23	0.2	0.18
		[0.181,0.277]	[0.16,0.254]	[0.139,0.234]
	Indirect effect of SCS via CAS on Wave 2 d	0.08	0.1	0.08
		[0.05,0.111]	[0.071,0.131]	[0.051,0.112]
		R2 = .36	R2 = .63	R2 = .25
		MSE = .808	MSE = .611	MSE = .994
	Index of moderated mediation d	-.15	-.11	-.10
		[-.207,-.093]	[-.161,-.050]	[-.168,-.049]

Note. All bolded effects are significant at p < .001. Effects in italic are significant at p < .05.

^a n = 1819

^b n = 1814

^c n = 1816

^d Bootstrapped CIs calculated with 5000 samples.