Table 7.

Correlations within and between scales (N=1,002)

	Total score	COVID-19 Infection Fear Scale
		Subscale 1	Subscale 2
Subscale 1	0.923***
Subscale 2	0.953***	0.764***
Anxiety	0.542***	0.474***	0.537***
Depression	0.451***	0.383***	0.456***
Suicide ideation (PHQ-9 item 9)	0.204***	0.147***	0.228***
Frequency of coping use
Coping strategies for general stress situations	0.000	0.017	-0.013***
Coping strategies for infection disease situations	0.215***	0.237***	0.174***

^***p<0.001.

Subscale 1, fear of infection; Subscale 2, fear of negative consequences after infection; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9