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. 2021 Apr 20;23(4):e23488. doi: 10.2196/23488

Table 3.

Bivariate and adjusted means of COVID-19 protective behaviors, leaving home episodes, and COVID-19 knowledge by novel predictors (N=1074).

Variable COVID-19 protective behaviors Trips leaving home per week COVID-19 knowledge score

Bivariate unadjusted, mean (SD) P value Adjusteda, mean (SE) P value Bivariate unadjusted, mean (SD) P value Adjusted, mean (SE) P value Bivariate unadjusted, mean (SD) P value Adjusted, mean (SE) P value
Trait reactance <.001
<.001
<.001
<.001
<.001
<.001

Lowb 21.4 (3.8)
20.9 (0.18)
5.2 (5.2)
5.9 (0.25)
28.9 (4.7)
27.8 (0.17)

Highc 18.2 (5.0)
18.9 (0.22)
8.5 (7.9)
7.3 (0.30)
23.9 (4.8)
25.4 (0.20)
Conspiracy beliefs <.001
<.001
<.001
.02
<.001
<.001

Low 21.5 (3.8)
20.9 (0.21)
5.1 (5.4)
6.0 (0.28)
29.8 (4.7)
28.7 (0.19)

High 18.9 (4.9)
19.4 (0.19)
7.9 (7.4)
6.9 (0.26)
24.2 (4.4)
25.2 (0.18)
Apocalypse beliefs <.001
.89
<.001
.004
<.001
<.001

Low 20.6 (4.4)
20.1 (0.19)
5.1 (5.0)
5.9 (0.26)
28.8 (4.8)
27.6 (0.18)

High 19.5 (4.8)
20.1 (0.21)
8.4 (7.8)
7.1 (0.29)
24.5 (5.0)
25.9 (0.20)
Political party <.001
<.001
.19
.01
<.001
<.001

Republican 19.3 (4.9)
19.5 (0.26)
7.1 (6.8)
7.2 (0.35)
25.4 (5.1)
26.0 (0.24)

Democrat 21.3 (3.8)
21.0 (0.22)
6.5 (6.9)
6.4 (0.30)
28.1 (5.5)
27.4 (0.21)

Independent 19.6 (4.9)
19.8 (0.25)
6.4 (6.5)
6.1 (0.34)
26.8 (5.1)
27.0 (0.23)

Something else 19.0 (5.2)
19.2 (0.54)
5.3 (4.1)
4.7 (0.74)
25.6 (4.4)
26.6 (0.50)

aAdjusted model includes all novel predictors plus gender, race, income, education, political party, age, and religiosity.

bLow indicates the bottom half of the median split.

cHigh indicates the upper half of the median split.