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Table 1 Effects of misinformation exposure on vaccination intentions in Study 1, controlling for pre-existing opinions

From: Measuring the effects of misinformation exposure and beliefs on behavioural intentions: a COVID-19 vaccination study

Pre-existing vaccine opinions

Experimental condition

Group differences

Anti-vaccine

M (SD)

Control

M (SD)

Pro-vaccine

M (SD)

Against

1.84 (1.33)

1.78 (1.30)

2.01 (1.47)

F(2, 1213) = 1.21, p = .300, ηp2 = 0.002, BF10 = 0.03

Neutral

4.40 (1.62)

4.37 (1.87)

4.58 (1.67)

 

For

6.64 (0.74)

6.60 (0.81)

6.65 (0.75)

 

Adjusted mean

5.00 (2.16)

4.96 (2.23)

4.96 (2.23)

 
  1. Vaccination intentions were measured on a scale from 1 to 7, with higher values indicating stronger intentions to get a COVID vaccine