Fig. 6

Latent variable path model with standardized path coefficients (B). Evolution knowledge, religiosity, and background variables were modeled as having causal links (to each SECM factor (i.e., personal conflict, family conflict, community conflict) and each I-SEA factor (i.e., microevolution acceptance, macroevolution acceptance, human evolution acceptance) (represented here by a box with arrows emerging from it), which effectively controlled for the effects of these variables on all path coefficients. Assuming a correct underlying model, the path coefficients shown in the model reflect the magnitude of the causal impact of these variables, holding all other variables constant (including evolution knowledge, religiosity, and background variables). The disturbances for each factor are represented by a circled D. Significance levels: * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001