Figure 3
Protective effects of social support on psychopathology. Individuals with larger social networks, more strong ties and greater assumed shared belief show less psychopathology and expect less task volatility. (A) Two-way interaction. When assumed shared belief is high, psychopathology decreases with network size. When assumed shared belief is low, that is not the case (\({F}_{(\text{7,195})}=4.03, p= 0.01\)) (B) Three-way interaction. The relationship between paranoia and volatility belief depends on the perceived strength of ties and assumptions about shared beliefs. When assumed belief is high, the relationship between paranoia and volatility belief is negative—suggesting that more paranoid people embedded in what they perceive to be a sacred canopy switch their task beliefs less erratically (\({F}_{(\text{13,189})}=3.97, p= 0.03\)). Note: assumed shared belief grouping is based on a mean split, and strong ties are grouped based on min, median and max of number of strong ties.
