Table 2.
Study 1: Climate change-induced distress as a function of belief in God
| Outcome | Unadjusted means | Means with political orientation as a covariate | Means with political orientation, sex, age, and ethnicity as covariates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not believe | Not certain | Believe | F | Do not believe | Not certain | Believe | F | Do not believe | Not certain | Believe | F | |
| Fear consequences | 4.01 | 3.98 | 3.33 | 20.52 | 3.78 | 3.75 | 3.62 | 1.07 | 3.81 | 3.73 | 3.66 | < 1 |
| Worry about future | 3.90 | 4.03 | 3.35 | 18.35 | 3.67 | 3.80 | 3.64 | 1.15 | 3.70 | 3.78 | 3.66 | < 1 |
| Feel anxious | 3.51 | 3.52 | 2.87 | 15.98 | 3.25 | 3.26 | 3.21 | < 1 | 3.25 | 3.24 | 3.24 | < 1 |
| Concerned about climate change | 4.02 | 4.09 | 3.39 | 22.28 | 3.80 | 3.87 | 3.67 | 1.83 | 3.82 | 3.85 | 3.71 | < 1 |
F ratio is the effect for belief in God. All main effects of unadjusted means were significant at p < .00001. ns = 587, 587, 586 and 587, respectively