3.2.4. Mediating Effects of Persuasion Knowledge and Perceived Threat
A mediation model (model 4 in PROCESS) was constructed with the group (intervention vs. control) as the independent variable, the ability to recognize misinformation (posttest) as the dependent variable, and persuasion knowledge (posttest) and perceived threat (posttest) as the mediation variables. We also controlled for the effects of sex, age, SES, the ability to recognize misinformation (pretest), persuasion knowledge (pretest), and perceived threat (pretest). The results indicated that the mediation effect of persuasion knowledge holds (