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. 2022 Mar 14;13:846250. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.846250

TABLE 2.

Non-verbal displays and topics in disinformation messages.

Model 1.
Dependent Variable: Positive Facial Emotional Display
(Yes/No)
Model 2.
Dependent Variable: Contractive Body Pose
(Yes/No)
Observed Coef. Bias Bootstrap Std. Err. [95% BCA Conf. Interval] Observed Coef. Bias Bootstrap Std. Err. [95% BCA Conf. Interval]
Topic: Vaccine 1.543 0.091 0.459 0.597 2.362 0.906 0.109 0.564 −0.259 1.902
Topic: Masks −0.261 −0.001 0.604 −1.451 0.895 −0.178 0.060 0.730 −1.608 1.285
Topic: Lockdown −0.527 0.021 0.542 −1.653 0.480 −0.347 −0.120 0.570 −1.323 0.924
Topic: Social distancing 0.657 0.007 0.669 −0.708 1.922 −0.392 −0.046 0.901 −1.859 1.840
Topic: Disease contagion/spread/extent 0.401 0.038 0.417 −0.349 1.279 1.425 0.155 0.672 0.171 2.642
Topic: Disease consequences −0.468 0.041 0.388 −1.266 0.316 0.016 −0.029 0.469 −0.851 0.851
Topic: Disease cure 0.157 0.137 0.538 −1.023 1.097 −2.368 0.149 0.518 −3.791 −1.580
Topic: Testing −0.294 −0.097 0.861 −1.951 1.227 0.603 −0.113 0.736 −1.011 2.007
Topic: Technology-related −0.989 −0.176 0.725 −2.417 0.234 −1.536 −0.012 0.958 −3.519 0.301
Topic: Economy-related 0.710 0.012 0.582 −0.474 1.854 0.824 −0.094 0.627 −0.427 2.098
Topic: Other category 0.474 0.040 0.437 −0.479 1.263 0.288 −0.061 0.573 −0.747 1.420
Constant −1.706 −0.149 0.429 −2.389 −0.870 −2.772 −0.171 0.660 −3.929 −1.654
N 245 245
Replications 1416 755
Wald chi2 (9) 16.83 26.83
Prob > chi2 0.113 0.005
Pseudo R2 0.077 0.115
Log pseudolikelihood −121.56 −92.054
Replications based on 174 clusters in id

Marginal Effects on P (Positive Facial Emotional Display) Marginal Effects on P (Contractive Body Pose)


Average marginal effect Bootstrap Std. Err. P>| z| [95% Conf. Interval] Average marginal effect Bootstrap Std. Err. P>| z| [95% Conf. Interval]

Topic: Vaccine 0.248 0.069 0.000 0.113 0.384 0.105 0.063 0.098 −0.019 0.229
Topic: Masks −0.042 0.097 0.666 −0.232 0.148 −0.021 0.085 0.808 −0.187 0.146
Topic: Lockdown −0.085 0.087 0.330 −0.255 0.086 −0.040 0.066 0.542 −0.169 0.089
Topic: Social distancing 0.106 0.107 0.321 −0.103 0.315 −0.045 0.105 0.664 −0.251 0.160
Topic: Disease contagion/spread/extent 0.065 0.067 0.334 −0.066 0.196 0.165 0.074 0.026 0.020 0.311
Topic: Disease consequences −0.075 0.063 0.228 −0.198 0.047 0.002 0.054 0.974 −0.105 0.108
Topic: Disease cure 0.025 0.086 0.769 −0.144 0.194 −0.275 0.071 0.000 −0.415 −0.135
Topic: Testing −0.047 0.138 0.732 −0.318 0.223 0.070 0.086 0.414 −0.098 0.238
Topic: Technology-related −0.159 0.115 0.167 −0.385 0.067 −0.178 0.109 0.104 −0.393 0.036
Topic: Economy-related 0.114 0.092 0.214 −0.066 0.294 0.096 0.071 0.181 −0.044 0.236
Topic: Other category 0.076 0.070 0.275 −0.061 0.213 0.033 0.066 0.616 −0.097 0.164