Climate change news exposure, first and third-person effects, and eco-anxiety in the Chinese general population: a moderation model

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix among study variables

Variable	M	SD	1	2	3	4
1. Exposure to climate change news	3.36	0.88	0.89
2. Eco-anxiety	3.01	1.47	0.083** (0.032, 0.133)	0.79
3. Third-Person Effect	3.62	0.85	− 0.143** (− 0.193, − 0.093)	− 0.133** (− 0.183, − 0.083)	0.78
4. First-Person Effect	3.78	0.80	0.157** (0.107, 0.206)	0.392** (0.348, 0.435)	− 0.240** (− 0.288, − 0.192)	0.86

P <.01. Values on the diagonal represent Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for each scale. Correlation coefficients are presented below the diagonal, with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses
M Mean, SD Standard Deviation

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