Buffering against exposure to mental health misinformation in online communities on Facebook: the interplay of depression literacy and expert moderation

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlations among variables in the whole sample (N = 403)

Variables	M (SD)	Skewness	Kurtosis	α/IIC	Age	Gender	Frequency	Misinformation Exposure	Misinformation Agreement
Age (18–76)	42.35 (11.99)	0.13	− 0.73	NA	-
Gender	0.17 (0.37)	NA	NA	NA	0.145**	-
Frequency	3.16 (0.96)	− 0.83	− 0.446	NA	0.026	0.029	-
Misinformation Exposure	2.46 (0.78)	0.093	− 0.173	0.18 − 0.42	0.068	− 0.017	0.128*	-
Misinformation Agreement	2.32 (1.17)	1.03	0.71	0.20-0.33	0.001	0.109*	− 0.038	0.157**	-
Depression Literacy	14.28 (3.58)	− 0.49	0.26	0.74	0.010	− 0.033	0.105*	0.118*	− 0.158**

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