Table 5.

Direct and indirect effects of political conservatism on healthy pandemic lifestyles

	Direct effects of political conservatism	Simple indirect effects	Pairwise contrasts of indirect effects
Conservatism → Empathy → Lifestyles	− 0.32***	− 0.03* (− 0.04, − 0.02)
Conservatism → Authoritarian Beliefs → Lifestyles	− 0.32***	− 0.04* (− 0.06, − 0.02)
Conservatism → Threat → Lifestyles	− 0.32***	− 0.12* (− 0.14, − 0.10)
Conservatism → Threat (Health) → Lifestyles	− 0.18***	− 0.18* (− 0.21, − 0.15)
Conservatism → Threat (Economic) → Lifestyles	− 0.33***	− 0.02* (− 0.03, − 0.01)
Conservatism → Threat (Self) → Lifestyles	− 0.28***	− 0.08* (− 0.09, − 0.06)
Conservatism → Threat (Society) → Lifestyles	− 0.23***	− 0.13* (− 0.15, − 0.11)
Empathy vs. Authoritarian Beliefs			0.003 (− 0.02, 0.03)
Empathy vs. Pandemic Threat			− 0.10* (− 0.13, − 0.08)
Empathy vs. Threat (Health)			− 0.16* (− 0.19, − 0.13)
Empathy vs. Threat (Economic)			− 0.001 (− 0.02, 0.01)
Empathy vs. Threat (Self)			− 0.05* (− 0.07, − 0.03)
Empathy vs. Threat (Society)			− 0.11* (− 0.14, − 0.09)
Authoritarian Beliefs vs. Pandemic Threat			− 0.11* (− 0.15, − 0.07)
Authoritarian Beliefs vs. Threat (Health)			− 0.14* (− 0.17, − 0.11)
Authoritarian Beliefs vs. Threat (Economic)			− 0.02 (− 0.04, 0.003)
Authoritarian Beliefs vs. Threat (Self)			− 0.03* (− 0.05, − 0.005)
Authoritarian Beliefs vs. Threat (Society)			− 0.09* (− 0.12, − 0.07)
Health vs. Economic Threat			0.17* (0.14, 0.21)
Self vs. Society Threat			− 0.09* (− 0.12, − 0.06)

n = 1743. Shown are unstandardized direct effects (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001), simple indirect effects, pairwise contrasts of indirect effects, and 95% bias-corrected bootstrap confidence intervals in parentheses. All models control for age, sex, race/ethnicity, nativity status, southern residence, rural residence, college degree, employment, household income, financial strain, marital status, children, and religiosity