Table 1.
Means, confidence intervals, and intercorrelations of the measured variables (Study 1)
| Total sample | US sample | China sample | Correlation table | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | CI95% | M | CI95% | M | CI95% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1. Conspiracy mentality | 4.59 | [4.50; 4.67] | 4.60 | [4.47; 4.74] | 4.57 | [4.48; 4.66] | – | |||||
| 2. Intergroup conspiracy theories | 4.34 | [4.21; 4;46 | 3.70 | [3.54; 3.87] | 5.04 | [4.90; 5.19] | .44 | – | ||||
| 3. Power distance values | 3.85 | [3.71; 3.98] | 2.92 | [2.76; 3.07] | 4.88 | [4.76; 5.00] | .21 | .58 | – | |||
| 4. Vertical collectivism | 4.67 | [4.60; 4.75] | 4.50 | [4.40; 4.61] | 4.86 | [4.76; 4.96] | .29 | .42 | .51 | – | ||
| 5. Collective narcissism | 4.27 | [4.14; 4.40] | 3.56 | [3.38; 3.72] | 5.06 | [4.94; 5.19 | .23 | .61 | .74 | .56 | – | |
| 6. Perceived outgroup threat | 4.53 | [4.42; 4.65] | 4.30 | [4.13; 4.46] | 4.80 | [4.66; 4.95] | .33 | .73 | .41 | .39 | .47 | – |
Means are on a scale ranging from 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest). All correlations were significant at p < .001.