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Table 2 Effects of true and false pro- and anti-vaccine information exposure on vaccination intentions in Study 1 and Study 2, controlling for pre-existing vaccine opinions

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

Pre-existing opinions

News condition

Group differences

Fake

True

Control

All conditions

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

Anti-vaccine information

Against

1.84 (1.33)

1.82 (1.35)

1.79 (1.30)

1.82 (1.33)

F(2, 1126) = 0.21, p = 0.813, ηp2 = 0.003, BF10 < .001

Neutral

4.41 (1.62)

4.58 (1.60)

4.37 (1.87)

4.44 (1.71)

 

For

6.64 (0.74)

6.57 (0.80)

6.60 (0.81)

6.61 (0.78)

 

Pro-vaccine information

Against

2.01 (1.47)

1.71 (1.21)

1.79 (1.30)

1.82 (1.32)

F(2, 1129) = 2.87, p = .057, ηp2 = 0.005, BF10 = 0.006

Neutral

4.58 (1.67)

4.25 (1.73)

4.37 (1.87)

4.41 (1.76)

 

For

6.65 (0.75)

6.56 (1.05)

6.60 (0.81)

6.61 (0.84)

 
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