Table 4 OLS regression predicting anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs in Japan.

From: Are COVID-19 conspiracy theories for losers? Probing the interactive effect of voting choice and emotional distress on anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs

 

Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs (Combined)

Tracking and Controlling the Population (Conspiracy Theory 1)

Making Money for Pharmaceutical Companies (Conspiracy Theory 2)

 

Model 19

Model 20

Model 21

Model 22

Model 23

Model 24

Voting for opposition parties

0.1**

0.1**

0.118**

0.118**

0.057

0.065

Emotional distress

0.166***

0.153**

0.183***

0.185***

0.112**

0.069

Voting for opposition parties * Emotional distress

 

0.02

 

−0.003

 

0.066

Trust in government

0.063

0.061

0.041

0.041

0.061

0.056

Conspiracy mentality

0.299***

0.3***

0.209***

0.209***

0.342***

0.344***

Authoritarianism

0.359***

0.359***

0.323***

0.323***

0.314***

0.314***

News use of social media

0.077*

0.077*

0.094*

0.094*

0.049

0.05

News use of traditional media

−0.028

−0.028

−0.021

−0.021

−0.031

−0.029

Feeling of hope

−0.053

−0.053

−0.05

−0.05

−0.034

−0.033

Perceived threat

−0.041

−0.041

−0.02

−0.02

−0.04

−0.041

Observations

498

498

512

512

498

498

R2

0.411

0.411

0.344

0.344

0.345

0.348

  1. Entries are standardized coefficients. Emotional distress was centred by local means before it was used to create the interaction term. Gender, age, education, and social class were controlled.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
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