Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of study variables (n = 481).

Variable	M	SD	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Sexa			0.023	−0.036	0.101*	0.037	0.020	0.053	0.049	0.115*	−0.034
2. Age	45.09	23.42		−0.049	−0.035	0.092*	−0.089	−0.063	−0.366**	0.0003	−0.018
3. Likelihood of infection	2.31	0.70			0.214**	−0.057	0.249**	0.215**	0.226**	0.174**	0.006
4. Impact of infection	3.12	0.84				−0.156**	0.377**	0.301**	0.391**	0.275**	0.106*
5. Coping flexibility	0.54	0.21					−0.299**	−0.215**	−0.212**	−0.165**	−0.195**
6. Anxiety over personal health	2.57	0.76						0.546**	0.500**	0.463**	0.105*
7. Anxiety over others' reactions	2.07	0.80							0.457**	0.422**	0.116*
8. Anxiety over societal health	2.58	0.75								0.493**	0.144**
9. Anxiety over economic problems	2.54	0.77									0.135**
10. Depression	9.85	2.96

^aPoint-biserial correlation coefficients were reported instead of the typical Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficients because sex was dummy coded (0 = men, 1 = women).

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01.