Threat, efficacy, and the ambivalent role of COVID-19 news: an EPPM analysis of health discrimination and preventive behaviors.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC13083066 · PMID 42007342

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Predicting Discrimination (Model 3): similarly, both the threat condition ( B = 0.631, t = 5.047, p < 0.001) and fear emotion ( B = 0.315, t = 8.470, p < 0.001) were highly significant positive predictors of health discrimination, supporting Hypothesis 3.

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