Table 7.
Summary of findings (part 2).
| Variables | Adherence | Findings | ||||
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| Threat appraisal | Posa | Pos | Pos | NSb | H3c: Partially supported (supported for the whole sample, US, and South Korea). Threat appraisal positively influences social distancing adherence. Threat appraisal is more influential in US than in South Korea, and more in South Korea than in Kuwait. | |
| Coping appraisal | Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos | H4: Supported. Coping appraisal positively influences social distancing adherence. Coping is more influential in US than Kuwait in terms of adherence. | |
| Knowledge | Pos | Pos | NS | Pos | Knowledge positively influences social distancing adherence in the whole sample, US, and Kuwait. No comparative difference in results across countries. | |
aPos: positive association.
bNS: not significant.
cH: hypothesis.