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

TABLE 3.

Positive facial emotional displays and problems in disinformation messages.

Model 3. Dependent Variable: Positive Facial Emotional Display (Yes/No)
Observed Coef. Bias Bootstrap Std. Err. [95% BCA Conf. Interval]
Problem: Death 0.725 0.099 0.432 −0.140 1.471
Problem: Illness −0.383 0.048 0.422 −1.302 0.387
Problem: Dehumanizing 0.233 −0.083 0.687 −1.136 1.519
Problem: Freedom of movement 0.116 0.077 0.535 −1.318 0.963
Problem: Freedom of speech/expression −0.213 −0.022 0.835 −1.871 1.506
Problem: Truth 0.425 0.063 0.398 −0.423 1.118
Problem: Big Brother control 0.339 0.011 0.655 −1.130 1.521
Problem: Financial/Economic loss −0.005 −0.147 0.769 −1.394 1.617
Problem: Other 0.083 −0.050 0.622 −1.186 1.288
Constant −1.624 −0.164 0.435 −2.326 −0.727
Number of obs 245
Replications 1486
Wald chi2 (9) 5.60
Prob > chi2 0.779
Pseudo R2 0.034
Log pseudolikelihood −127.251
Replications based on 174 clusters in id

Marginal Effects on P (Positive Facial Emotional Display)

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

Problem: Death 0.123 0.071 0.083 −0.016 0.262
Problem: Illness −0.065 0.071 0.362 −0.205 0.075
Problem: Dehumanizing 0.040 0.116 0.733 −0.187 0.266
Problem: Freedom of movement 0.020 0.091 0.829 −0.158 0.198
Problem: Freedom of speech/expression −0.036 0.143 0.800 −0.316 0.243
Problem: Truth 0.072 0.067 0.283 −0.060 0.204
Problem: Big Brother control 0.058 0.112 0.608 −0.162 0.277
Problem: Financial/Economic loss −0.001 0.130 0.994 −0.257 0.255
Problem: Other 0.014 0.106 0.894 −0.193 0.221