Table 2.

Intensity of perceptions (agree/strongly agree) about the COVID-19 epidemic and its consequences in Greece (N = 3379).

Dimension	Male	Female	Total sample	p
High personal control	65.94%	66.46%	66.32%	0.776
High treatment control	26.25%	24.87%	25.24%	0.411
Strong emotional impact	13.88%	28.65%	24.62%	<0.001
Longer epidemic duration	47.40%	48.19%	47.97%	0.682
High severity of illness	26.03%	28.45%	27.79%	0.162
Severe financial consequences	69.52%	73.83%	72.65%	0.012
Stigma related to the illness	28.85%	25.40%	26.34%	0.042