Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations between measured variables (N = 318).
| T1_APB | T1_RCM | T1_Anxiety | T1_SEC | T2_APB | T2_RCM | T2_Anxiety | T2_SEC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T1_APB | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | T1_RCM | .375** | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | T1_Anxiety | −.298** | −.246** | 1 | |||||
| 4 | T1_SEC | .264** | 0.04 | −.215** | 1 | ||||
| 5 | T2_APB | .675** | .371** | −.267** | .269** | 1 | |||
| 6 | T2_RCM | .354** | .675** | −.288** | 0.075 | .394** | 1 | ||
| 7 | T2_Anxiety | −.286** | −.278** | .683** | −.223** | −.306** | −.289** | 1 | |
| 8 | T2_SEC | .180** | −.062** | −.154** | .814** | 0.275** | −0.005 | .−.167** | 1 |
| Zhengzhou | M | 23.47 | 28.51 | 10.11 | 52.37 | 25.10 | 28.41 | 9.75 | 51.43 |
| SD | 4.50 | 4.88 | 3.51 | 9.66 | 4.49 | 4.80 | 3.65 | 10.54 | |
| Wuhan | M | 25.17 | 28.44 | 12.01 | 52.88 | 26.43 | 27.97 | 11.80 | 52.47 |
| SD | 4.71 | 4.52 | 3.31 | 9.76 | 4.25 | 5.18 | 3.08 | 9.85 |
T1, Wave 1; T2, Wave 2.
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Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed). APB, adoption of preventive behaviors; RCM, appraisal of risk communication; SEC, susceptibility to emotional contagion.