Table 2.

Multilevel correlations between illness perceptions, preventive behaviors, and stress.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1 Chronological time	-	1	−0.06	−0.05	0.02	0.01	−0.05	0.01	−0.04	−0.02	0.01	−0.01	0.04
2 Adjusted time	0.66	–	−0.06	−0.05	0.02	0.01	−0.05	0.01	−0.04	−0.02	0.01	−0.01	0.04
3 Social distance	−0.11	0.32	–	0.44	0.35	−0.03	0.07	0.06	0.22	0.07	−0.19	−0.05	−0.13
4 Self isolation	−0.19	0.24	0.76	–	0.23	−0.01	0.05	0.05	0.17	0.04	−0.13	−0.04	−0.07
5 Hand-washing	−0.09	−0.40	0.06	−0.23	–	−0.04	0.07	0.04	0.17	0.08	−0.16	−0.06	−0.10
6 Stress (PSS)	−0.37	−0.50	−0.28	−0.41	0.66	–	0.32	0.14	0.22	0.52	0.15	0.06	0.11
7 Consequences	−0.58	0.28	0.55	0.52	0.35	0.23	–	0.15	0.32	0.48	0.04	0.01	0.01
8 Timeline	−0.37	−0.20	0.07	0.55	−0.27	−0.27	0.47	–	0.28	0.24	−0.03	0.05	−0.04
9 Concern	−0.39	−0.22	0.51	0.63	0.20	−0.07	0.81	0.55	–	0.53	−0.04	−0.02	−0.07
10 Emotional response	−0.46	−0.36	0.41	0.52	0.31	0.18	0.90	0.59	0.92	–	0.07	0	0
11 Personal control	0.29	0.56	0.38	0.05	−0.10	0	−0.23	−0.74	−0.29	−0.41	–	0.27	0.24
12 Treatment control	−0.04	−0.53	−0.35	−0.40	0.11	0.29	−0.08	−0.03	−0.15	0.06	−0.3	–	0.15
13 Understanding	0.26	0.68	0.10	−0.14	−0.24	−0.04	−0.35	−0.59	−0.49	−0.60	0.81	−0.45	–

Correlation within country above the diagonal. Correlation between country below the diagonal. Correlations were considered small (r < 0.30), moderate (r values between 0.30 and 0.50), and strong (r > 0.50) (33).