Table 6. Differences in attitudes related to infection prevention/risk-taking behaviours regarding COVID-19 and fear of infection among the five clusters.
| Cluster 1 Calm/hoax denial | Cluster 2 Hoax affinity/ threat denial | Cluster 3 Minority/ indifference | Cluster 4 Over vigilance | Cluster 5 Optimism | F (df) | P | η2 (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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n = 1197 (31.5%) |
n = 907 (23.9%) |
n = 118 (3.1%) |
n = 856 (22.5%) |
n = 722 (19.0%) |
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| Lack of infection prevention behaviour | 2.18 (1.01)c | 2.32 (0.98)b | 2.34 (1.42) a,b,c | 1.94 (0.92) d | 2.56 (1.10) a | 40.09 (4, 732.81) | <0.001 | 0.04 (0.03–0.05) |
| Acceptance of infection risk behaviour | 2.28 (0.97)c | 2.53 (0.96)b | 2.63 (1.37) a,b,c | 1.87 (0.86) d | 2.90 (1.09) a | 122.81 (4, 732.44) | <0.001 | 0.11 (0.09–0.13) |
| Sense of uninfected efficacy | 2.64 (1.07)b | 3.06 (1.04) a | 2.51 (1.23) b,c | 2.41 (1.12) c | 3.14 (1.00) a | 69.99 (4, 742.45) | <0.001 | 0.07 (0.05–0.08) |
| Perceived infectability | 4.23 (0.93)b | 4.05 (0.84)c | 3.91 (1.03) c,d | 4.40 (1.05) a | 3.91 (0.81) d | 34.00 (4, 743.81) | <0.001 | 0.04 (0.02–0.05) |
| Germ aversion | 5.14 (0.97)b | 5.23 (0.87)b | 4.52 (1.19) c | 5.71 (0.91) a | 4.81 (0.89) c | 112.83 (4, 738.61) | <0.001 | 0.11 (0.09–0.13) |
Notes.
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Different letters represent significant differences (P ¡ 0.05). Higher numbers are in the alphabetical order. The highest and lowest groups are highlighted in bold font.