Table 1.

Gender comparison of attitudes toward COVID-19 and use of and trust in media (Independent samples t-test).

	Male (N = 196) M (SD)	Female (N = 209) M (SD)	df	T	p	Partial η2
COVID-threat beliefa	2.27 (0.48)	2.34 (0.52)	403	−1.49	0.137	0.005
COVID-threat skepticisma	1.65 (0.50)	1.44 (0.37)	359.12	4.66	<0.001	0.052
Trust in misinformationa	1.24 (0.29)	1.18 (0.24)	402	2.16	0.031	0.011
Trust in authoritiesa	3.05 (0.54)	3.14 (0.46)	386.16	−1.80	0.073	0.008
Health measuresb	1.33 (0.29)	1.46 (0.25)	381.15	−4.90	<0.001	0.057
Weekly hours of news consumption (traditional media, Internet)	10.80 (11.72)	10.48 (10.37)	403	0.289	0.772	<0.001
Increase in news consumption during the pandemicc	3.84 (0.91)	4.11 (0.95)	403	−2.84	0.005	0.020
Weekly hours of Internet use	20.10 (52.68)	15.77 (14.14)	403	1.14	0.253	0.003
Trust in information about COVID-19 from traditional mediac	3.65 (0.83)	3.74 (0.66)	403	−1.24	0.217	0.004
Trust in information about COVID-19 from social mediac	2.45 (1.17)	2.54 (1.08)	403	−0.82	0.413	0.002

^aMean of scales rated 1–4.

^bMean of scales rated 0–2.

^cScales rated 1–5.