Study 2: Mediation analysis with control variables
| Auxiliary regressions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Feeling of contamination | Impact on well-being | Naturalness importance | |||
| Constant | 4.64*** | (0.51) | 4.36*** | (0.58) | 2.91*** | (0.71) |
| Medium proximity | 0.23 | (0.23) | 1.15*** | (0.27) | 0.24 | (0.27) |
| High proximity | 0.83*** | (0.23) | 1.58*** | (0.27) | 0.18 | (0.28) |
| Feeling of contamination | 0.17** | (0.08) | ||||
| Impact on well-being | 0.40*** | (0.07) | ||||
| Gender | −0.28 | (0.18) | −0.46** | (0.21) | −0.36* | (0.20) |
| Education | −0.07 | (0.09) | −0.09 | (0.10) | 0.03 | (0.09) |
| R² = 0.08 | R² = 0.18 | R² = 0.25 | ||||
| Indirect effects | ||||||
| Indirect effect: Proximity → feeling of contamination → naturalness importance | ||||||
| Medium proximity | IE = 0.04, SE = 0.05, 95%CI = [−0.04, 0.14] | |||||
| High proximity | IE = 0.14, SE = 0.09, 95%CI = [0.01, 0.34] | |||||
| Indirect effect: Proximity → impact on well-being → naturalness importance | ||||||
| Medium proximity | IE = 0.46, SE = 0.14, 95%CI = [0.22, 0.74] | |||||
| High proximity | IE = 0.63, SE = 0.17, 95%CI = [0.33, 0.98] | |||||
| Auxiliary regressions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Feeling of contamination | Impact on well-being | Naturalness importance | |||
| Constant | 4.64*** | (0.51) | 4.36*** | (0.58) | 2.91*** | (0.71) |
| Medium proximity | 0.23 | (0.23) | 1.15*** | (0.27) | 0.24 | (0.27) |
| High proximity | 0.83*** | (0.23) | 1.58*** | (0.27) | 0.18 | (0.28) |
| Feeling of contamination | 0.17** | (0.08) | ||||
| Impact on well-being | 0.40*** | (0.07) | ||||
| Gender | −0.28 | (0.18) | −0.46** | (0.21) | −0.36* | (0.20) |
| Education | −0.07 | (0.09) | −0.09 | (0.10) | 0.03 | (0.09) |
| Indirect effect: Proximity → feeling of contamination → naturalness importance | ||||||
| Medium proximity | ||||||
| High proximity | ||||||
| Indirect effect: Proximity → impact on well-being → naturalness importance | ||||||
| Medium proximity | ||||||
| High proximity | ||||||
PROCESS Model 4 (Hayes, 2018) with 10,000 bootstrap samples. n = 209. Significance: *** = p < 0.01, ** = p < 0.05 and * = p < 0.10. Low proximity = 0 (baseline category)
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