Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for scale items assessing fatalism toward fighting Covid-19.

Item	Mean	SD	Skewness	Item-total Correlation
Staying home can make all the difference in the fight against covid-19*.	5.70	1.28	−1.35	−0.74
I can help to stop the spread of covid-19*.	5.52	1.32	−1.24	−0.73
I believe that helping to stop covid-19 is within my control*.	5.37	1.38	−0.97	−0.73
My actions can contribute to stopping the spread of covid-19*.	5.61	1.33	−1.27	−0.73
Since whatever will be will be, it doesn't really matter what I do to try to stop covid-19.	2.42	1.68	1.14	0.72
I have the ability to make decisions that will reduce the spread of covid-19*.	5.68	1.29	−1.39	−0.72
What I do now to fight covid-19 matters in the long run*.	5.64	1.36	−1.25	−0.71
I often feel that there is no point in even trying to stop the spread of covid-19.	2.43	1.69	1.09	0.70
It is within my power to help reduce the spread of covid-19*.	5.46	1.37	−1.13	−0.69
When thinking about tackling covid-19, I often think “why bother?”	2.35	1.66	1.24	0.68
My actions will make a difference in reducing the death-toll from covid-19*.	5.41	1.38	−1.13	−0.68
It doesn't make sense to worry about covid-19 because there is nothing that I can do about it anyway.	2.74	1.72	0.88	0.67
Social distancing is NOT a good way to fight covid-19.	2.17	1.52	1.49	0.66
There is no effective way to stop covid-19 from spreading.	3.03	1.68	0.75	0.60
Forcing people who are not sick into self-isolation will reduce the spread of covid-19*.	5.49	1.50	−1.11	−0.58
The spread of covid-19 is controlled by forces that I cannot influence.	4.06	1.73	−0.12	0.45

SD, Standard Deviation; Items followed with an asterisk (*) are reverse-keyed.