Table 2.

Testing for the effects of mental construal, technology messaging type, and their interaction on the response.

DV: change in risk perception
(A) ANOVA
	F test stats	P	df
Main effect: Mental construal level	0.20	0.6533	1
Main effect: Type of message	0.33	0.7171	2
Interaction effect: Mental construal level* Type of message	9.85	0.0001	2
Simple main effect (High construal): Type of message	6.44	0.0016	2
Simple main effect (Low construal): Type of message	5.25	0.0026	2
Simple main effect (Preventive): Construal level	5.92	0.0149	1
Simple main effect (Promotional): Construal level	16.66	0.0000	1
(B) Regression analysis
	High construal	Low construal
Preventive message	1.084 (0.211)***	–1.846 (0.838)***
Promotional message	−0.927 (1.141)	1.921 (0.947)***
Constant	−1.199 (0.187)***	−2.297 (1.145)***
N	300	300
Adj R-squared	0.153	0.144
Including control variables	Yes	Yes

(A,B) Present the ANOVA and regression results. The dependent variable is the difference in climate risk perception before and after the intervention.

Standard errors are in parenthesis.

^***Significant at 1%.