Table 4 Parameters estimated from the reduced linear model calculating the effect of sociodemographic variables, i.e. gender, age, education level, biology background, and scores on the Disgust Scale - Revised (only its core and animal reminder disgust subscale) and Snake Questionnaire (SNAQ) on two subscale scores of the Spiders Phobia Beliefs Questionnaire, the spider-related (SpB) and self-related (SrB) score. Only significant effects are reported
Variable | SpB | SrB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter | p | Parameter | p | |
Intercept | 2.96 | < 0.01 | 1.23 | < 0.01 |
Male gender | – | < 0.01 | −0.89 | < 0.01 |
Biology education | −0.37 | 0.04 | – | – |
Core disgust | 0.05 | < 0.01 | – | – |
Animal reminder disgust | 0.07 | < 0.01 | 0.10 | < 0.01 |