Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients of variables.

Variables	M	SD	OB	MA	SN	SB
Optimistic bias (OB)	1.04	1.58
Message acceptance (MA)	6.45	0.95	−0.18**
Social norms (SN)	6.30	1.01	−0.15**	0.68**
Self-protection behavior (SB)	6.53	0.80	−0.24**	0.79**	0.71**
Marker variable	4.94	1.81	−0.002	0.06	0.06	0.02

N = 896,

^**p < 0.01.