Table 2.

Correlation between psychological symptoms, internet variables, locus of control and age.

Variable name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M(SD)
1. Depression symptoms	1	0.73 **	0.81 **	−0.08 *	−0.17 **	0.03	0.05	−0.02	−0.24 **	0.43 **	0.42 **	−0.17 **	11.28 (11.05)
2. Anxiety symptoms	-	1	0.80 **	−0.11 **	−0.29 **	0.01	0.05	0.10 **	−0.12 **	0.46 **	0.48 **	−0.18 **	7.83 (9.42)
3. Stress symptoms	-	-	1	−0.05 *	−0.14 **	0.08 *	0.12 **	0.04	−0.15 **	0.42 **	0.41 **	−0.17 **	12.19 (10.45)
4. Internet efficacy	-	-	-	1	0.58 **	0.52 **	0.34 **	0.11 **	0.26 **	−0.03	−0.09 **	0.10 **	5.81 (1.03)
5. Internet experience	-	-	-	-	1	0.38 **	0.31 **	0.04	0.21 **	−0.13 **	−0.16 **	0.06 *	6.52 (0.79)
6. Information seeking general	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.59 **	0.19 **	0.17 **	0.09 **	0.02	0.16 **	5.54 (1.28)
7. Information seeking COVID-19	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.14 **	0.09 **	0.09 **	0.05 *	0.05 *	5.61 (1.38)
8. Internet social capital	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.21 **	0.12 **	0.14 **	−0.09 **	3.30 (0.66)
9. Internal locus of control	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	−0.15 **	−0.19 **	0.16 **	32.73 (7.06)
10. Powerful others locus of control	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.74 **	−0.09 **	22.92 (9.31)
11. Chance locus of control	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	−0.15 **	21.87 (9.24)
12. Age	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	34.70 (11.58)

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001.