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Table 2.

Exploratory factor analysis of the risk perception scale.

Risk perception scale	Component
	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
1. The degree of worry about COVID-19	−0.08	−0.06	0.90
(not worried at all-very worried)	−0.08	−0.06	0.90
2. The impact of COVID-19 on individuals	0.00	0.00	0.79
(small-large)	0.00	0.00	0.79
3. The impact of COVID-19 on society	0.15	0.10	0.56
(small-large)	0.15	0.10	0.56
4. The consequences of COVID-19	0.43	0.06	0.12
(delayed-immediate)	0.43	0.06	0.12
5. The characteristics of COVID-19	0.62	−0.05	0.06
(natural-artificial)	0.62	−0.05	0.06
6. The impact of infection with SARS-CoV-2	0.61	0.11	0.10
(short term-long term)	0.61	0.11	0.10
7. Perceived society’s control of COVID-19	0.66	0.18	−0.10
(controllable-uncontrollable)	0.66	0.18	−0.10
8. Perceived individuals’ control of COVID-19	0.16	0.65	−0.01
(evitable-inevitable)	0.16	0.65	−0.01
9. The knowledge about COVID-19	0.54	−0.09	−0.05
(familiar-unfamiliar)	0.54	−0.09	−0.05
10. Perceived probability of infection with COVID-19	−0.04	0.83	0.03
among the general population (small-large)	−0.04	0.83	0.03
11. Perceived probability that I get infected with	−0.11	0.93	−0.04
COVID-19 (small-large)	−0.11	0.93	−0.04