Table 1.
Belief in statements made in stimuli posts as explained by partisanship, extremity of ideology, anxiety, and source congruency.
| Misinformation | Fact-checks | Accurate information | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partisanship and ideology | |||
| Partisanship (Republicans coded high) | .11** | −.05 | −.02 |
| Extremity of ideology | .01 | −.01 | .05 |
| R2 (in %) | 4.50*** | .09 | .54 |
| Anxiety and source congruency | |||
| Anxiety | .41*** | .22*** | .20*** |
| Source congruency | −.01 | .09* | .02 |
| R2 change (in %) | 17.78*** | 5.94*** | 4.94*** |
| Interactions | |||
| Extremity of ideology × source congruency | .04 | −.01 | .06 |
| Extremity of ideology × partisanship | .06 | .07 | −.09* |
| Partisanship × source congruency | .04 | .01 | −.01 |
| Partisanship × anxiety | .09* | .11** | .19*** |
| Source congruency × anxiety | .09** | .03 | .02 |
| Extremity of ideology × anxiety | .06 | .02 | −.02 |
| N | 719 | 719 | 719 |
Cell entries are standardized regression coefficients. To minimize collinearity, we report before-entry coefficients for all interactions.
*
p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.