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Table 2 Mean (SD) total believability and willingness to share scores by age group

From: Narrative elaboration makes misinformation and corrective information regarding COVID-19 more believable

Mean

Misinfo-only

Misinfo Elab

Truth-only

Truth Elab

Misinfo-only Share

Misinfo Elab Share

Truth-only Share

Truth Elab Share

Total

26.66

27.86

45.01

46.71

18.40

18.35

22.73

24.51

SD

7.44

8.61

10.89

11.16

10.48

10.12

13.90

15.29

Younger

27.47

28.82

45.76

47.62

18.32

18.52

22.39

24.12

SD

6.77

8.17

10.18

10.85

9.72

9.80

13.90

15.21

Older

22.86

23.36

41.50

42.43

18.79

17.57

24.29

26.36

SD

9.39

9.52

13.66

12.00

13.96

11.88

14.37

16.10