TABLE 4.

Hierarchical regression results for belief in anti-government real news.

Variable	B	SE B	β	t	R 2	R 2 adjusted	ΔR2	AIC	df
Model 1					0.015	0.008	0.015	916.0449	274
Constant	3.749***	0.267		14.035
Age	0.001	0.005	0.003	0.049
Gender	0.297**	0.147	0.122	2.016
Model 2					0.037	0.020	0.022*	915.6366	271
Constant	3.045***	0.517		5.886
Age	–0.003	0.005	–0.036	–0.572
Gender	0.204	0.155	0.083	1.319
Objective political knowledge	0.011	0.045	0.017	0.254
Scientific literacy	0.037	0.074	0.032	0.493
Political interest	0.178**	0.084	0.144	2.113
Model 3					0.145	0.126	0.108***	884.8132	270
Constant	3.789***	0.505		7.505
Age	–0.003	0.005	–0.041	–0.706
Gender	0.227	0.146	0.093	1.550
Objective political knowledge	–0.006	0.043	–0.009	–0.135
Scientific literacy	0.043	0.070	0.037	0.616
Political interest	0.148*	0.080	0.119	1.849
Satisfaction with government	−0.170***	0.029	–0.331	–5.828
Variable	B	SE B	β	t	R 2	R 2 adjusted	ΔR2	AIC	df
Model 4					0.161	0.132	0.016	873.9096	262
Constant	4.665***	0.682		6.844
Age	–0.001	0.005	–0.009	–0.145
Gender	0.269*	0.156	0.108	1.723
Objective political knowledge	–0.027	0.045	–0.041	–0.603
Scientific literacy	0.023	0.074	0.020	0.313
Political interest	0.121	0.082	0.097	1.483
Satisfaction with government	−0.126**	0.050	–0.245	–2.529
RWA	–0.022	0.097	–0.020	–0.228
System justification	–0.060	0.080	–0.080	–0.758
Need for closure	–0.153	0.099	–0.097	–1.545

AIC = Akaike information criterion.

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