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Table 4 Conditional effects of exposure to climate change news on eco anxiety by first-person and third-person effects

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

First-Person Effect

Third-Person Effect

Effect

SE

t

p

LLCI

ULCI

3.0

2.6

0.2121

0.0811

2.6155

.0090

0.0530

0.3712

3.0

3.8

0.3901

0.0560

6.9731

<.0001

0.2804

0.4999

3.0

4.6

0.5088

0.0634

8.0264

<.0001

0.3845

0.6332

3.8

2.6

− 0.1145

0.0621

− 1.8446

.0653

− 0.2362

0.0073

3.8

3.8

0.0635

0.0399

1.5941

.1111

− 0.0146

0.1417

3.8

4.6

0.1822

0.0572

3.1878

.0015

0.0701

0.2943

4.6

2.6

− 0.4411

0.0649

− 6.7975

<.0001

− 0.5684

− 0.3138

4.6

3.8

− 0.2631

0.0560

− 4.6996

<.0001

− 0.3729

− 0.1533

4.6

4.6

− 0.1444

0.0748

− 1.9292

.0539

− 0.2912

0.0024

  1. Conditional effects represent the estimated impact of exposure to climate change news on eco-anxiety at specific values of First-Person and Third-Person Effects. P-values are presented as <.0001 where applicable to denote significance at the 0.0001 level. Confidence intervals are based on a 95% confidence level
  2. SE Standard Error, CI Confidence Interval, LLCI Lower Limit Confidence Interval, ULCI Upper Limit Confidence Interval