Table 3.

Regression analysis for precautionary behavior (N = 1181)

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Gender - male	β = −0.15*** p = 0.01	β = −0.12*** p = 0.01	β = − 0.11*** p = 0.02	β = − 0.06* p = 0.03
Age	β = 0.26*** p = 0.01	β = 0.19*** p = 0.000	β = 0.19*** p = 0.000	β = 0.23*** p = 0.000
Knowledge		β = 0.36*** p = 0.01	β = 0.35*** p = 0.000	β = 0.35*** p = 0.000
Perceived susceptibility			β = 0.06* p = 0.000	β = −0.02 p = 0.01
Perceived susceptibility- squared			β = −0.07* p = 0.04	β = −0.07* p = 0.02
Negative emotions				0.29*** p = 0.01
Adj.R2	0.073 p = 0.01	0.193 p = 0.01	0.200 p = 0.000	0.272 p = 0.000

F(6, 1174) = 74.39, p = 0.001, *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001