Fig. 1.

Scatter plots of country-level mean values of negative emotion (A) and positive emotion (B) against country-level mean values of risk perception of COVID-19.

Only 34 countries with at least 200 participants are displayed. The size of bubbles was proportional to the sample size of the corresponding country. The dashed line in each plot was fitted by simple linear regression. Six negative emotions and six positive emotions were rated in 5-point scale from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely); the average score for each of the two groups of emotion is shown on y axis in the two plots separately. Two items of risk perception of getting infected or suffering from economic consequences were in 7-point scale from 1 (exceptionally unlikely) to 7 (all but certain); the average score is shown on x axis in both plots.