Table 2.

Responses for Susceptibility and Seriousness subscale questions of college-aged students from China and the USA.

(5 possible points)	USA n = 408 Mean ± SD	China n = 409 Mean ± SD	t-test	P-value
(1) Your chances of getting osteoporosis are high.	2.39 ± .94	2.03 ± .91	5.60*	.000
(2) Because of your body build, you are more likely to develop osteoporosis.	2.41 ± .98	2.11 ± .88	4.51*	.000
(3) It is extremely likely that you will get osteoporosis.	2.08 ± .86	2.08 ± .91	−.02	.983
(4) There is a good chance that you will get osteoporosis.	2.27 ± .89	3.27 ± 1.0	−1.51	.131
(5) You are more likely than the average person to get osteoporosis.	2.19 ± .93	2.17 ± 1.02	.24	.807
(6) Your family history makes it more likely that you get osteoporosis.	2.13 ± 1.04	2.14 ± 1.08	−.23	.818
(7) The thought of having osteoporosis scares you.	3.19 ± 1.17	2.97 ± 1.08	2.68*	.007
(8) If you had osteoporosis you would be crippled.	2.51 ± .97	2.29 ± 1.12	2.96*	.003
(9) Your feelings about yourself would change if you got osteoporosis.	2.84 ± 1.13	2.70 ± 1.35	1.78	.075
(10) It would be very costly if you got osteoporosis.	3.37 ± 1.01	2.87 ± 1.14	6.93*	.000
(11) When you think about osteoporosis you get depressed.	2.45 ± 1.05	2.48 ± 1.09	−.44	.661
(12) It would be very serious if you got osteoporosis.	3.54 ± 1.04	2.64 ± 1.10	11.89*	.000

*Significant at α = .05.