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Table 2 Regression equations predicting behavioral intentions from demographic variables, threat, and efficacy

From: Evaluating the usefulness of Protection Motivation Theory for predicting climate change mitigation behavioral intentions among a US sample of climate change deniers and acknowledgers

  

All Participants

Climate Change Deniers

Climate Change Acknowledgers

 

Variable

beta

95% CI lower bound

95% CI upper bound

beta

95% CI lower bound

95% CI upper bound

beta

95% CI lower bound

95% CI upper bound

Model 1

Political leaning

-0.222a

-0.140

-0.105

-0.277a

-0.206

-0.137

-0.192a

-0.121

-0.082

Belief in climate change

0.340a

0.297

0.358

      

Ethnicity

0.041a

0.027

0.138

0.070a

0.028

0.252

0.027

-0.017

0.110

Gender

0.096a

0.132

0.241

0.111a

0.104

0.315

0.105a

0.114

0.240

Model 2

Political leaning

-0.099a

-0.070

-0.040

-0.102a

-0.092

-0.034

-0.100a

-0.071

-0.035

Belief in climate change

0.140a

0.107

0.163

      

Ethnicity

-0.012

-0.024

0.070

-0.002

-0.093

0.087

-0.016

-0.029

0.083

Gender

0.033a

0.018

0.111

0.009

-0.067

0.103

0.050a

0.028

0.139

Threat

0.374a

0.347

0.413

0.472a

0.387

0.500

0.300a

0.308

0.390

Efficacy

0.331a

0.316

0.378

0.381a

0.299

0.415

0.351a

0.312

0.386

Threat x Efficacy

-0.036a

-0.058

-0.001

0.148a

0.040

0.116

-0.059a

-0.109

-0.026

Threat x Efficacy x CC belief

-0.092a

-0.077

-0.030

      
  

Adj R2

F R2 change

p R2 change

Adj R2

F R2 change

p R2 change

Adj R2

F R2 change

p R2 change

Model 1

 

0.247

305.42

 < .001

0.101

42.715

 < .001

0.049

45.775

 < .001

Model 2

 

0.460

364.97

 < .001

0.430

216.161

 < .001

0.273

267.422

 < .001

  1. aCI does not include 0