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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Commun Monogr. 2020 Sep 2;88(3):263–285. doi: 10.1080/03637751.2020.1809685

Table 4.

Moderated Mediation Analyses Conditional on Information Avoidance Preference

Conditional Indirect Effects on Intention to Maintain Healthy Diet

Control Condition Index of Moderated Mediation IAT b SE BC CIs
  One-sided Pro .134 (95% CIs [.027, .266]) L −.067 .048 [−.158, −.001]
H .067 .050 [−.011, .153]
  One-sided Con .049 (95% CIs [−.027, .144]) L −.074 .047 [−.159, −.012]
H −.025 .036 [−.086, .026]
  Non-cessation message .178 (95% CIs [.059, .330]) L −.136 .065 [−.254, −.048]
H .042 .043 [−.028, .121]
  No message .048 (95% CIs [−.054, .159]) L −.069 .048 [−.155, −.002]
H −.021 .043 [−.094, .044]

Conditional Indirect Effects on Intention to Exercise

Control Condition Index of Moderated Mediation IAT b SE BC CIs
  One-sided Pro .144 (95% CIs [.006, .312]) L −.072 .051 [−.182, .021]
H .072 .056 [−.027, .194]
  One-sided Con .049 (95% CIs [−.047, .164] L −.073 .043 [−.173, −.004]
H −.024 .036 [−.107, .041]
  Non-cessation message .148 (95% CIs [.027, .319] L −.113 .056 [−.237, −.023]
H .035 .040 [−.034, .127]
  No message .044 (95% CIs [−.060, .186]) L −.064 .047 [−.172, .010]
H −.020 .040 [−.103, .060]

Conditional Indirect Effects on Intention to Limit Alcohol

Control Condition Index of Moderated Mediation IAT b SE BC CIs
  One-sided Pro .112 (95% CIs [.002, .268] L −.056 .042 [−.150, .014]
H .056 .047 [−.024, .163]
  One-sided Con .058 (95% CIs [−.050, .198] L −.086 .051 [−.200, −.006]
H −.029 .041 [−.120, .047]
  Non-cessation message .178 (95% CIs [.041, .365] L −.136 .062 [−.273, −.035]
H .042 .046 [−.039, .144]
  No message .037 (95% CIs [−.056, .145]) L −.053 .040 [−.145, .010]
H −.016 .036 [−.097, .049]

Note. ES= Indirect effect size. BC CIs= Bias-corrected bootstrapping confidence intervals. L= Low level of information avoidance to maintain uncertainty. H= High level of information avoidance to maintain uncertainty.