TABLE 2.
Parameter estimates for the mediation model with COVID‐19 risk perception and trust in institutions' response to the pandemic as predictors of coronavirus‐specific conspiracy beliefs with mediating roles of anxiety and lack of control
| COVID‐19 anxiety (R 2 = .41) | COVID‐19 lack of control (R 2 = .24) | COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs (R 2 = .16) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | Estimate (SE) | Standardized estimate | Estimate (SE) | Standardized estimate | Estimate (SE) | Standardized estimate |
| COVID‐19 anxiety | – | – | – | – | 0.04 (.04) | .05 |
| COVID‐19 lack of control | – | – | – | – | 0.16 (.04) | .20*** |
| COVID‐19 risk perception | 0.68 (.03) | .69*** | 0.42 (.03) | .48*** | 0.07 (.04) | .10* |
| Trust in institutions’ response | –0.08 (.03) | –.08** | −0.15 (.03) | –.18*** | –0.08 (.03) | –.11** |
| Age | –0.01 (.00) | –.07* | 0.00 (.00) | .05 | 0.00 (.00) | .07 |
| Gender | 0.01 (.06) | .01 | 0.06 (.06) | .04 | –0.02 (.05) | –.01 |
| Education | 0.04 (.03) | .04 | –0.05 (.03) | −.05 | –0.16 (.03) | –.20*** |
Note: The table shows parameter estimates, their standard errors (SE), and standardized estimates for the mediation model (Figure 1) extracted from lavaan (Rosseel, 2012). The model included age, gender, and education as covariates. Gender was coded as 1 = “male”, 2 = “female”. Standard errors are based on 10,000 bootstrap samples.
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.