Table 3 OLS regression predicting anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs in Hong Kong.

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 13

Model 14

Model 15

Model 16

Model 17

Model 18

Voting for opposition parties

0.141***

0.145***

0.109*

0.112*

0.142**

0.146**

Emotional distress

0.439***

0.549***

0.387***

0.481***

0.394***

0.498***

Voting for opposition parties * Emotional distress

 

−0.149*

 

−0.126+

 

−0.142*

Trust in government

−0.032

-0.027

−0.026

0.028

−0.075

−0.069

Conspiracy mentality

0.304***

0.305***

0.279***

0.279***

0.266***

0.267***

Authoritarianism

0.035

0.063

−0.035

−0.011

0.122*

0.149**

News use of social media

−0.01

−0.013

0.017

0.014

−0.041

−0.044

News use of traditional media

0.006

0.013

−0.019

−0.012

0.019

0.026

Feeling of hope

−0.1**

-0.101**

−0.087*

−0.088*

−0.086*

−0.086*

Perceived threat

−0.112**

−0.102**

−0.162***

−0.154***

−0.034

−0.024

Observations

484

484

491

491

486

486

R2

0.463

0.47

0.380

0.385

0.375

0.381

  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 < 0.1, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
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