TABLE 1A.
Descriptives of items included in the study.
| Factors | Mean (SD) | Number of items |
| Fatalism | 14 | |
| If bad things happen, it is because they were meant to happen | 2.22 (1.01) | |
| Life is very unpredictable, and there is nothing one can do to change the future | 2.18 (1.03) | |
| If something bad is going to happen to me, it will happen to me no matter what I do | 2.04 (0.97) | |
| There is no sense in planning a lot; if something good is going to happen, it will | 1.98 (1.02) | |
| People die when it is their time to die, and there is not much that can be done about it | 2.87 (1.27) | |
| I have learned that what is going to happen will happen | 2.58 (1.16) | |
| What happens to me in the future mostly depends on me | 4.01 (1.05) | |
| My own actions determine my life | 3.98 (1.06) | |
| I feel that when good things happen, they happen as a result of my own efforts | 3.91 (0.97) | |
| When good things happen to people, it is because of good luck | 2.60 (0.96) | |
| When I get what I want, it is usually because I am lucky | 2.51 (0.95) | |
| The really good things that happen to me are mostly because of luck | 2.25 (0.95) | |
| Some people are simply born lucky | 2.59 (1.12) | |
| How successful people are in their jobs is related to how lucky they are | 2.49 (1.09) | |
| Comparative optimism | 6 | |
| Competence | 3.39 (0.77) | |
| Cautiousness | 3.55 (0.88) | |
| Quality of preventive measures | 3.52 (0.88) | |
| Probability of infection | 3.36 (0.93) | |
| Vulnerability | 3.24 (0.98) | |
| General abilities | 3.47 (0.83) | |
| Attitude toward COVID-19 health measures | 9 | |
| Coronavirus spread can only be avoided if human behavior is radically changed | 3.67 (1.12) | |
| To avoid the spread of coronavirus is something that is very important to me | 4.07 (1.02) | |
| I think it is important to encourage other people to behave healthily | 4.03 (1.00) | |
| I feel a personal responsibility for others not to catch the coronavirus | 4.05 (1.01) | |
| It is worth an extra effort to take care of my own health against the coronavirus | 3.97 (1.05) | |
| I feel a personal responsibility in preventing the spread of coronavirus in transport | 3.96 (1.00) | |
| I think it is important to take care of health at all times | 3.98 (1.05) | |
| I have good knowledge about how to avoid being infected by the coronavirus in public transport | 3.49 (1.01) | |
| I know very well how to avoid being infected by the coronavirus | 3.58 (0.98) | |
| Adherence to COVID-19 sanitary protocols | 7 | |
| Keep a physical distance from other individuals | 4.11 (0.90) | |
| Handwashing | 4.42 (0.91) | |
| Use sanitary gloves | 3.75 (1.23) | |
| Avoid touching surfaces | 4.04 (0.97) | |
| Avoid using public places in peak hours | 3.95 (1.06) | |
| Use a facemask | 4.01 (1.10) | |
| Use disinfectives | 4.08 (1.12) |