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. 2020 Oct 27;294:113540. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113540

Table 3.

Detailed correlation coefficients from Study 2.

Official governmental guidelines, “To avoid coronavirus contraction...”


Mean score (sd) “...I try not to leave my house unless it's absolutely necessary” “...I wash my hands more often and longer than usual” “...I limit direct contact with my relatives and friends” “... I try to keep at least 1.5m distance from others when in public” “...I wear a mask and/or gloves when in public” Total score
Coronavirus related anxiety 23.29 (6.36) 0.19** 0.18** 0.15** 0.24** 0.20** 0.30**
Conspiracy beliefs 30.78 (16.75) -0.14* -0.13 -0.17** -0.12 -0.15** -0.20**
GPTS-R Reference 6.45 (7.45) - - - - - -
Persecution 4.54 (7.93) - - -0.12 - - -
Perceived resources 26.85 (5.47) - 0.13* 0.14* - 0.16** 0.15**
Motivation for adherence Internal 5.45 (1.71) 0.43** 0.22* 0.37** 0.32** 0.32** 0.44**
External 3.99 (2.08) -0.12 - -0.16* - - -0.16**
Trust in outlets Governmental 4.46 (1.70) 0.20** 0.16** 0.18** 0.18** 0.22** 0.25**
The media 3.80 (1.48) 0.13 - 0.13* - 0.14* 0.15*
Boredom 3.80 (2.07) - - -0.17** -0.13 - -

If not stated otherwise, values in cells are Spearman's ρ correlation coefficient. GPTS-R Reference – Reference subscale of Green Paranoid Thoughts Scale. SCL-27-plus – Symptoms Checklist 27 plus. Not significant relations are not presented for clarity. No symbol - p ≤ 0.05, * - p ≤ 0.01, ** - p ≤ 0.001, p values in this table are corrected for the number of tests with Bonferroni correction (90 tests in total).