Table 2.

Spearman’s Rho correlations between variables

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1 Perceived threat of COVID-19	–	0.21***	−0.35***	0.28***	0.07	0.10**	−0.11**
2 Aggressive tendencies during the pandemic	0.22***	–	−0.59***	0.62***	−0.33***	0.25***	−0.32***
3 Sense of control during the pandemic	−0.45***	−0.52***	–	−0.69***	0.19***	−0.24***	0.36***
4 Sense of powerless during the pandemic	0.32***	0.57***	−0.62***	–	−0.39***	0.30***	−0.34***
5 Positive coping during the pandemic	0.15***	−0.17***	0.03	−0.19***	–	0.17***	0.41***
6 Negative coping during the pandemic	0.18***	0.30***	−0.33***	0.36***	0.28***	–	0.04
7 Life satisfaction during the pandemic	−0.12***	−0.27***	0.33***	−0.21***	0.36***	0.11**	–

Below the diagonal are the participants in Hubei Province and above the diagonal are the participants in other regions of China. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001