Table 5.

Summary of all findings in studies 2 and 3.

Study 2		Message type	Low coronavirus fear	Medium coronavirus fear	High coronavirus fear	Confidence interval for the mediation analysis
H1a, H1b, and H3a are supported	Message compliance DV	β = 1.33, SE = 0.56, t = 2.37**	β = 0.82, SE = 0.33, t = 2.50**	β = 0.50, SE = 0.24, t = 2.06**	β = −0.02, SE = 0.33, t = −0.05	0.53 to 1.17
H2a, H2b, and H3b are supported	Helping DV	β = 2.21, SE = 0.51, t = 4.37***	β = 1.58, SE = 0.30, t = 5.33***	β = 1.18, SE = 0.22, t = 5.44***	β = 0.55, SE = 0.30, t = 1.85*	0.34 to 0.88
Study 3		Message type	Low locus of control	Medium locus of control	High locus of control	Confidence interval for the mediation analysis
H1a, H1c, and H3c are supported	Message compliance DV	β = 2.36, SE = 0.97, t = 2.42**	β = 0.90, SE = 0.32, t = 2.80**	β = 0.41, SE = 0.23, t = 1.80*	β = 0.03, SE = 0.30, t = 0.11	−0.70 to −0.10
H2a, H2c, and H3d are supported	Helping DV	β = 3.45, SE = 1.03, t = 3.42***	β = 1.33, SE = 0.34, t = 3.90***	β = 0.62, SE = 0.24, t = 2.56**	β = 0.07, SE = 0.32, t = 0.21	−0.60 to −0.08

^*p < 0.1,

^**p < 0.05,

^***p < 0.01.