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. 2020 Oct 21;20:1589. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09695-1

Table 5.

The association between knowledge, perceived severity, perceived controllability about the COVID-19 and emotional and behavioural reactions, social participation, and precautionary behaviour

Neg. Pos. Sleep. Agg. SU MPU Soc. P. Pre. B
B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E.
Sex .06* .02 .06* .03 −.02 .03 −.02 .03 −.06* .03 .07* .04 −.04 .03 .19*** .02
Age .00 .00 .01** .00 .00 .00 −.01** .00 −.01** .00 −.01* .00 .01*** .00 −.01*** .00
Phy.history −.01 .04 .02 .05 −.01 .05 −.06 .05 −.02 .05 −.15* .07 .10 .06 −.07* .04
Psy.history −.02 .11 .08 .15 −.41*** .12 −.04 .14 −.07 .13 −.05 .16 −.03 .15 .13 .11
Health con. −.13*** .01 .01 .02 −.14*** .02 −.10*** .02 −.07*** .02 −.11*** .02 .10*** .02 .12*** .01
Education .07*** .01 −.04* .02 .08*** .02 .10*** .02 .10*** .02 .08*** .02 .07*** .02 .07*** .01
Rel. w. COVID-19 −.00 .07 .04 .08 −.03 .09 −.02 .08 −.09 .08 .09 .10 −.05 .08 −.06 .08
PerS .34*** .03 .22*** .03 .10*** .03 .01 .03 −.01 .03 .47*** .04 −.04 .03 .36*** .03
PerC −.06*** .02 −.08*** .02 −.04 .02 −.00 .02 .01 .02 −.00 .03 .05* .02 .09*** .02
Know −.01 .02 −.03 .03 .03 .03 .00 .03 .00 .03 −.02 .03 .28*** .03 .24*** .02
R2 11.1%*** 3.3%*** 3.3%*** 2.8%*** 1.9%*** 7.1%*** 6.8%*** 22.5%***

Note. Phy.history self-reported history of chronic physical diseases, Psy.history self-reported history of psychiatric / psychological disorder, Health con. self-reported current physical health condition, Rel. w. COVID-19 = relationship with the COVID-19, PerS = perceived severity; PerC perceived controllability, Know knowledge about the COVID-19, Neg. negative emotion, Pos. positive emotion, Sleep sleep problems, Agg. aggression, SU substance use, MPU mobile phone use, Soc. P. social participation; Pre. B precautionary behaviour. *p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001