What protects us against the COVID-19 threat? Cultural tightness matters

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Fitness indices and standardized regression coefficients for the latent moderated structural equations model

	Latent moderated structural equations model		Latent mediated-moderation structural equations model
	Model 0	Model 1	Model 0	Model 1
*Model fitness indices*
χ²	358.31		484.38
df	101		149
Log (L)	−24,628.91	−24,611.96	−31,226.49	−31,206.72
CFI	0.97		0.97
TLI	0.96		0.96
RMSEA	0.04		0.04
SRMR	0.03		0.03
*Standardized regression coefficients*
Risk perception of COVID-19 → psychological disorders	0.30***	0.30***	0.26***	0.27***
Cultural tightness → psychological disorders	−0.10**	−0.11***	−0.05	−0.06
Risk perception of COVID-19 × cultural tightness→ psychological disorders		−0.15***		−0.13***
Tight culture → perceived protection efficacy			0.31***	0.31***
Risk perception of COVID-19 × cultural tightness → perceived protection efficacy				0.09**
Perceived protection efficacy→ psychological disorders			−0.17***	−0.15***
ΔR²	0.03		0.06

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