Table 2.

Results of parallel mediation analyses.

Covid-19 conspiracy beliefs	a-Path		b-Path
	B (SE)	CI 95%	B (SE)	CI 95%
All dependent variables a	−0.257 (0.009)*	[−0.275; −0.239]	0.255 (.026)*	[0.206; 0.306]
	c-Path		d-Path
	B (SE)	CI 95%	B (SE)	CI 95%
Perceived danger	0.327 (0.024)*	[0.280; 0.374]	−0.049 (0.009)*	[−0.066; −0.032]
Unscientific intervention support	−0.105 (0.013)*	[−0.131; −0.078]	0.026 (0.005)*	[0.017; 0.036]
Scientific intervention support	0.257 (0.015)*	[0.228; 0.287]	−0.022 (0.005)*	[−0.033; −0.012]
Physical distancing behaviors	0.218 (0.049)*	[0.121; 0.315]	−0.042 (0.018) †	[−0.077; −0.007]
Hygiene behaviors	0.403 (0.060)*	[0.285; 0.521]	0.050 (0.022) †	[0.007; 0.093]
Vaccination intentions	0.452 (0.030)*	[0.394; 0.511]	−0.046 (0.011)*	[−0.067; −0.025]
Conspiracy mentality	a-Path		b-Path
	B (SE)	CI 95%	B (SE)	CI 95%
All dependent variables a	−0.076 (0.002)*	[−0.080; −0.072]	0.054 (0.006)*	[0.041; 0.066]
	c-Path		d-Path
	B (SE)	CI 95%	B (SE)	CI 95%
Perceived danger	0.366 (0.025)*	[0.317; 0.414]	−0.054 (0.009)*	[−0.071; −0.037]
Unscientific intervention support	−0.138 (0.014)*	[−0.166; −0.110]	0.033 (0.005)*	[0.023; 0.043]
Scientific intervention support	0.292 (0.016)*	[0.262; 0.323]	−0.027 (0.006)*	[−0.038; −0.016]
Physical distancing behaviors	0.269 (0.051)*	[0.170; 0.369]	−0.050 (0.018) †	[−0.085; −0.015]
Hygiene behaviors	0.363 (0.062)*	[0.242; 0.485]	0.052 (0.022) †	[0.010; 0.095]
Vaccination intentions	0.514 (0.031)*	[0.453; 0.576]	−0.058 (0.011)*	[−0.079; −0.036]

The a-path represents the link between conspiracy beliefs and institutional trust, the b-path between conspiracy beliefs and self-perceived infections, the c-path between institutional trust and the dependent variables, and the d-path between self-perceived infections and the dependent variables.

^aExact statistics vary slightly at the third decimal across dependent variables due to missing values.

^*p < 0.001. ^†p < 0.05.