Table 2.

(A) Pearson Correlations between the various Factors (Survey 1, N = 2,000); (B) Pearson Correlations Between the various Factors (Survey 2, N = 2,003).

	Adoption of preventive behaviors	Anxiety	Trust in institutions	Perceived susceptibility	Perceived severity	Worry	Perceived cause of infection	Perceived behavioral control	Perceived barriers of PB	Perceived effectiveness of PB	Subjective norms
(A)
Adoption of preventive behaviors	–	0.05*	0.08**	0.08***	0.20***	0.16***	0.22***	0.16***	−0.08***	0.51***	0.27***
Anxiety		–	−0.17***	0.22***	0.18***	0.41***	−0.06**	−0.13***	0.21***	−0.03	−0.05*
Trust in institutions			–	−0.02	0.03	−0.03	−0.05*	0.14***	−0.03	0.09***	0.20***
Perceived susceptibility				–	0.28***	0.29***	-0.03	0.07**	0.03	0.04	0.07**
Perceived severity					–	0.57***	0.08***	0.34***	−0.14***	0.20***	0.18***
Worry						–	0.08***	0.21***	−0.02	0.13***	0.15***
Perceived cause of infection							–	0.14***	−0.19 ***	0.21***	0.14***
Perceived behavioral control								–	−0.21***	0.17***	0.27***
Perceived barriers of PB									–	−0.12***	−0.09***
Perceived effectiveness of PB										–	0.29***
Subjective norms											–
(B)
Adoption of preventive behaviors	–	0.03	0.07**	0.08**	0.25***	0.22***	0.11***	0.29***	−0.06**	0.22***	0.36***
Anxiety		–	−0.12***	0.25***	0.24***	0.42***	−0.01	−0.07**	0.14***	−0.11***	−0.05*
Trust in institutions			–	0.02	0.08***	0.03	−0.01	0.15***	0.10***	0.48***	0.19***
Perceived susceptibility				–	0.35***	0.32***	−0.03	0.09***	0.05*	0.05*	0.06**
Perceived severity					–	0.59***	0.06**	0.37***	0.01	0.23***	0.27***
Worry						–	0.08***	0.24***	0.06**	0.15***	0.21***
Perceived cause of infection							–	0.09***	−0.09***	0.02	0.07**
Perceived behavioral control								–	−0.08***	0.34***	0.33***
Perceived barriers of PB									–	0.07	−0.04
Perceived effectiveness of PB										–	0.31***
Subjective norms											–

Prob (> F):

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001.