TABLE 1.

Summary of hierarchical regression analysis for variables predicting negative emotions toward foreigners.

Variable	B	t	sr	R	R2	ΔR2
Step 1
Gender	–0.080	–1.867	–0.080	0.232	0.054	0.054
Age	–0.078	–1.808	–0.077
Settlement population size	–0.039	–0.630	–0.027
Geographical location	0.181	2.683**	0.115
Conservatism	0.020	0.46	0.200
Step 2
Gender	–0.107	−2.150*	–0.091	0.314	0.099	0.045
Age	–0.088	−2.171*	–0.092
Settlement population size	–0.053	–0.931	–0.039
Geographical location	0.168	2.544*	0.107
Conservatism	0.002	0.041	0.002
Germ aversion	0.021	0.418	0.018
Perceived infectability	0.122	2.82*	0.119
Pathogen disgust	0.167	3.49***	0.147

***p < 0.001. **p < 0.01. *p < 0.05.