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. 2020 Nov 18;22(11):e23019. doi: 10.2196/23019

Table 7.

Summary of findings (part 2).

Variables Adherence Findings

All US South Korea Kuwait
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.