Does COVID-19 threat increase xenophobia? The roles of protection efficacy and support seeking

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Moderated mediation effect outcomes

	β	SE	t	P	LLCI	ULCI
Outcome: Protection efficacy
Gender	−0.18	0.05	−3.35	< 0.001	−0.28	− 0.07
Age	0.01	0.003	1.77	0.08	−0.01	0.01
Disease threat	−0.62^***	0.04	−15.38	< 0.001	−0.70	−0.54
Support Seeking	0.25^***	0.05	4.99	< 0.001	0.15	0.35
Disease threat*Support seeking	−0.19^**	0.06	−3.13	< 0.01	−0.31	− 0.07
Outcome: Xenophobia
Gender	0.02	0.07	0.23	0.82	−0.13	0.16
Age	0.01	0.004	1.68	0.09	−0.001	0.02
Disease threat	0.24^***	0.06	3.90	< 0.001	0.12	0.36
Protection efficacy	−0.09^*	0.04	−2.12	0.03	−0.17	−0.01

N = 1103. Unstandardized regression coefficients were reported
LLCI Lower level of the 95% confidence interval, ULCI Upper level of the 95% confidence interval
^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001

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