Table 6.

The relationship between the scales applied to the participants

(n=467)	Age	IUS-12			CMS	VCBS
		Prospective Anxiety	Debilitating Anxiety	Total
COVID-19 PHOBIA
Anxiety	0.038	0.384**	0.370**	0.404**	0.150**	0.173**
Reassurance Seeking	0.139**	0.316**	0.299**	0.331**	0.137**	0.208**
Mood	–0.007	0.375**	0.345**	0.387**	0.111*	0.113*
Avoidance	0.124**	0.306**	0.267**	0.309**	0.141**	0.027
Total	0.072	0.421**	0.405**	0.444**	0.166**	0.188**
IUS-12
Prospective Anxiety	–0.032	1.000	0.717**	0.923**	0.238**	0.203**
Debilitating Anxiety	–0.057	0.717**	1.000	0.925**	0.212**	0.255**
Total	–0.047	0.923**	0.925**	1.000	0.242**	0.244**
CMS	–0.028	0.238**	0.212**	0.242**	1.000	0.465**
VCBS	0.044	0.203**	0.255**	0.244**	0.465**	1.000

Variables are presented with Spearman’s correlation coefficient

n number of individuals, IUS Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, CMS Conspiracy Mentality Scale, VCBS Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01