Moral, self-interested, and social motivation each predict compliance with social distancing rules: utilitarianism is an indirect positive predictor

Table 4 Regression 1: Unstandardised (b) and standardised (β) coefficients for predictors of the likelihood of social distancing rule violation

Predictor Variable		Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	p	95% Confidence Interval for b
Predictor Variable		b	SE	β	p	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
	Age	0.57	0.69	0.03	0.41	− 0.78	1.92
	Gender	− 0.09	1.73	0.00	0.96	− 3.50	3.33
	Education level	− 1.34	0.82	− 0.05	0.11	− 2.96	0.28
	Religiosity	− 0.01	0.03	− 0.01	0.71	− 0.06	0.04
	Political orientation	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.25	− 0.03	0.11
	Tight/Loose	1.96	1.69	0.04	0.25	− 1.27	5.29
	Extraversion	− 0.27	0.23	− 0.04	0.25	− 0.73	0.19
	Agreeableness	− 0.21	0.28	− 0.03	0.46	− 0.75	0.34
	Conscientiousness	− 0.08	0.25	− 0.01	0.76	− 0.58	0.42
	Negative emotionality	− 0.20	0.23	− 0.04	0.39	− 0.66	0.26
	Open-mindedness	0.39	0.25	0.05	0.12	− 0.10	0.88
	Impartial beneficence	− 0.17	0.15	− 0.04	0.25	− 0.47	0.12
	Instrumental harm	− 0.14	0.18	− 0.03	0.42	− 0.49	0.21
	Moral motivation	− 0.23	0.04	− 0.23	< 0.001	− 0.30	− 0.15
	Self-interested motivation	− 0.58	0.06	− 0.58	< 0.001	− 0.70	− 0.46
	Social motivation	− 0.12	0.06	− 0.13	0.03	− 0.23	0.01

Note: n = 298. Gender: male = 0, female = 1; Level of Religiosity: 0-100;. Political orientation: Left = 0 to Right = 10. Loose culture states = 1, Tight culture states = 2. Significant results are in bold

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