Table 4.

Descriptive statistics and correlations between variables

	Descriptive statistics					Correlations
Variable	Mean	SD	Skew	Kurt	α	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Age	33.16	7.33	0.99	0.53	–	–	−.02	.14*	.03	.25**	.16*	.14*	.15*	.14*	−.05
2. Gender	1.51	0.50	−0.02	−2.02	–		–	.13*	.05	.08	.22**	.18**	.27**	.14*	−.12
3. Worry	3.71	0.93	−0.49	0.13	–			–	−.05	.42**	.31**	.39**	.43**	.34**	−.38**
4. Perceived control	3.54	1.00	−0.76	−0.01	–				–	.12	.32**	−.25**	−.18**	−.18**	.22**
5. Perceived severity	3.59	1.11	−0.44	−0.88	–					–	.21**	.34**	.35**	.25**	−.27**
6. Preventive behaviours	29.78	4.49	−0.94	1.00	0.79						–	.16*	.21**	.10	−.16*
7. Depression	5.32	5.16	1.16	1.00	0.91							–	.63**	.74**	−.61**
8. Anxiety	4.35	3.89	1.29	1.48	0.82								–	.57**	−.45**
9. Stress	6.92	5.52	0.59	−0.49	0.90									–	−.53**
10. Subjective well-being	12.06	5.84	−0.10	−0.81	0.88										–

*. p < 0.05; **. p < 0.01