Table 3.

Analysis of Correlation (by Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient) for the Scores of IES-R, HADS, FCoV-19S and GSES^|

Predictors	1	2	3	4	5	M±SD	Sign.
1. Overall score of IES-R†	-					45.1±17.4
2. Score of anxiety symptoms‡	0.47**	-				10.7±5.6	< 0.001
3. Score of depression symptoms‡	0.45**	0.72**	-			11.2±4.6	< 0.001
4. Overall score of FCoV-19S§	0.56**	0.42**	0.49**	–		27.1±5.2	< 0.001
5. Overall score of GSES||	−0.79**	−0.32**	−0.37**	−0.52**	–	24.0±8.4	< 0.001

Note: **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation; IES-R, Impacts of Event Scale Revised; higher score indicates higher psychological distress; HADS, measured by hospital anxiety and depression scale and the higher the score, the greater the anxiety and depression are; FCoV-19S, fear of COVID-19 scale; the highest score implies the worst fear; GSES, generalized self-efficacy scale; participants with higher self-efficacy had a higher score.