Table 3.

Pearson correlation (and associated p value) among the variables measured in the study

	${\mathit{Anx}}_{\mathit{COVID}}$	${\mathit{Contr}}_{\mathit{AUTH}}$	${\mathit{Contr}}_{\mathit{PERS}}$	${\mathit{Religion}}_{\mathit{COVID}}$	IoU	Neuroticism	Age	Gender
Religiosity	r = .058 p = .333	r = 0.104 p = .081	r = .084 p = .159	r = .393** p < .001	r = − .067 p = .261	r = − .113 p = .060	r = .221** p < .001	r = − .039 p = .519
${\mathit{Anx}}_{\mathit{COVID}}$		r = .010 p = .866	r = − .189** p = .001	r = − .011 p = .849	r = .397** p < .001	r = .423** p < .001	r = .067 p = .265	r = .202** p = .001
${\mathit{Contr}}_{\mathit{AUTH}}$			r = .287** p < .001	r = .067 p = .260	r = − .082 p = .169	r = − .103 p = .086	r = .121* p = .043	r = .065 p = .275
${\mathit{Contr}}_{\mathit{PERS}}$				r = .059 p = .322	r = − .226** p < .001	r = − .232** p < .001	r = .072 p = .227	r = − .037 p = .538
${\mathit{Religion}}_{\mathit{COVID}}$					r = − .073 p = .223	r = − .014 p = .816	r = .071 p = .239	r = .048 p = .420
IoU						r = .587** p < .001	r = .001 p = .988	r = − .005 p = .934
Neuroticism							r = − .115 p = .055	r = .056 p = .347
Age								r = .181** p = .002

*p < .05; **p < .001